>> coming up today on c-span, a discussion with former u.s. ambassador to russia michael mccaul, on rusher under vladimir putin. live coverage starts at 1:00 eastern. later today, the house appropriations subcommittee on state worn operations and hold a programs will markup on their appropriations for 2021. rive online at c-span.org o listen pretty on the c-span radio app. @cspanwj. soaring cases, hospitalizations overshadowed july 4 celebrations. states cast an 39 shadow over the nation's fourth of july celebrations, as health experts word about holiday parties causing a further spike

in infections that could overwhelm hospitals. also looking at "the wall street journal" this morning in specificity, u.s. death toll coronavirus nears 130,000, as infection rate surges. we will take a look at the numbers and the johns hopkins tracker across the world and in the united states in particular. around the world, the total confirmed cases over 11 million cases worldwide and over half a million deaths. the united states now nearing 3 million cases identified and approaching 130,000 deaths in the united states. yesterday on "face the nation," the headline "former fda u.s.istrator said the right back where we were at earlier pico coronavirus crisis." -- earlier peak coronavirus

crisis. here is what he had to say. >> when new york city peaked, we had hundred -- 34,000 cases. we were diagnosing one in 20 cases. 60,000ow, we will have cases and maybe we will reach 75,000. we are probably diagnosing one in 12. we are falling behind. we have 700,000 infections a day nationally. we are right back where we were at the peak of the epidemic outbreak in new york. we had one spread when new york was going through its spread. we now have four major epicenters. worsta looks to be in the shape in georgia is heating up as well. host: the former commissioner scott gottlieb on cbs. our topic is the rise in coronavirus cases.

for the eastern and central time zones. (202) 748-8001, for mountain and pacific. how has it impacted your state and area? on the first monday in july, usually the supreme court is done by the end of june. they are webbing up -- wrap it their week in major cases, possibly as soon as this morning at 10:00 eastern. we are joined by lawrence curley who covers the supreme court for thomson reuters. a bit unusual here for july decisions to going down. why is that the case? guest: it is an unusual year. postpone oralto arguments that were going to happen in march and april. phoneaving arguments by

and because those arguments were took longer to decide the cases which is why we are heading into july with eight cases left. host: talk about the key cases we should be looking for this week. guest: the two biggest ones that everyone will focus on are two cases related to president trump's first to shield his financial records from scrutiny. onee are different cases, involving the house of representatives trying to get hold of his records and the other one is a new york prosecutor seeking to do the same thing as part of a criminal investigation. host: there is also a case in terms of still affecting the obamacare, the mandate under the horrible care act. the was that case about -- affordable care act.

what was that case about? guest: the jump ministration has broadened this -- the trump administration has broadened the mandate for contraception, which requires employers to include contraceptive coverage in health insurance. the court is deciding whether or not that regulation is lawful and if that is the case, it has decided in the last few years. host: once the decision comes down, the court will be done in terms of the session, correct? guest: we don't actually know if we will get all of the decisions this week. we know we have rulings coming willmorning and the court likely have additional days when they will have rulings if they don't sign them -- decide them all today. there is a decent chance they

will finish up this week. host: our c-span camera out in front of the courthouse today for reaction to the decisions as they come down. thing, it has always been a parlor game on potential retirement in supreme court each year. which justices are being mentioned of boomers -- rumors floating about of retirement? guest: there has been no mention at all from anyone. as far as we are aware, nothing is cooking. chatter fromn some conservative circles, because president trump -- he has had a lot of success with judicial appointments and people in his circles would quite like to get another opening to fill. the only way that would necessarily happen in terms of someone voluntarily leaving would be if one of the conservatives, which would be

someone like clarence thomas r samuel alito, but there is no suggesting they are going to. none of the justices would leave with an election approaching. the only thing is if it would be enforced. host: we will be looking for your reporting today and this week as the court wraps up the decision. thanks so much for the update. guest: thank you. host: we will get into your calls and comments on the impact of the rise in coronavirus cases across the united states. we go to she can. this is philip. go ahead. caller: i don't understand why rubellan't make the available for the elderly. i saw on your show that a man

from the cdc stated that there was a cutoff between the people who had the mmr vaccine and the elderly who did not -- who got it and who didn't, it was more serious -- the symptoms were more serious and those who did not have the mmr vaccine. -- it to the home aren't went to the walmart and i noted waiting for a prescription that you can actually get the mmr vaccine at walmart. i said i wanted to get it because it has the rubella vaccine included with it, and he said how old are you? and i said i am 67. he says, have you had measles and mumps? i said yeah. he said we don't want to give it to you, because we want your doctor's approval because you've

had it. he skipped over the fact that never have i had or considered rubella, which is the thing i need to get in the elderly needs to reduce the effects of this darn virus. if they do get it, there might have a better chance of living. host: we will go to florida. welcome. some comments on this virus thing. host: yes, sir. caller: how come they never say anything about these, you guys call them demonstrators, i call them hoodlums or bombs, how come they never talk about how much they spread? there are thousands in groups. nobly on the news or ever says maybe some of the crowds -- nobody on the news ever says maybe some of those crowds caused it and they tell us we

can't do this and we can't do that, how come that is? host: bernie in new york. caller: today, there has been no impact on the rate of infection in new york state. that is primarily due to the clarity of governor cuomo, who has taken this very seriously, and communicated it very well. however, according to the go this waymay not for very long, considering the fact that the rest of the country is becoming explosive in terms of the virus. i am concerned about it getting out of hand. it was well controlled and was originally the epicenter of the country. fortunately, governor cuomo did

not support president trump's idea of injecting each person with a disinfectant. that.k governor cuomo for -- i thanked governor cuomo for that. host: the headline in "the washington post this morning," the rush to reopen caused spikes. new coronavirus cases in the united states as a data copy on last night, the average of the 42,691ber of cases up to on july 5. the death rate, a similar climate through march and into april, and eight decline in deaths reported yesterday, on july 5, 218. president trump tweeting about the virus, "new china virus cases up, mostly because of massive testing.

deaths are down, slow and steady. the fake media should report this. ." " pres. trump: our strategy is moving along well. it goes out in one area and rears back its ugly face in another area, but we have learned a lot. we have learned how to put out the flame. we have made ventilators where there were none, by the tens of thousands, to the point that we have far more then we need and we are now districting them too many foreign countries as a gesture of goodwill. testing. there were no tests for a new virus, but now we have tested almost 40 million people. showcases, 99%

of which are totally harmless. s fda the president' commissioner was asked about the comments on the coronaviruses and the 99% of them being "harmless." here is the reaction. [video clip] workinglize you are hard to protect americans. i have to ask you flatly to that end, is the president wrong? i am not going to get into who is right and who is wrong. what i will say is it is a serious problem we have. we have seen a surge in cases. we have this in our power to do it by following the guidance from the white house task force and the cdc. >> so you wont say whether 99% of coronavirus cases are

"completely harmless" from what the president said at the white house last night? >> what i have said is we have data and it shows this is a serious problem. people need to take it seriously. host: it is monday, july 6, 0 says politics making the front page of the washington times with the trump backers threat about a string of setbacks. lead in polls, a four months between -- before president -- voting. racial tensions and the strength and speed of the economic recovery are in doubt. two months in a row, mr. biden has outraised the president in campaign money. it is written that three of americans believe the countries on the wrong track and esther

trump's approval rating -- mr. trump's approval rating is low. quote in talking to people around the country, i think conservatives are very rattled, said the chairman of the american conservative union, "i don't think i have ever been in politics at a time when they are more sure and rattled." back to comments and calls. a text from jim saying "i'm totally disgusted. i was finally about to hug my i-96 mother after four months, and now it is -- my 96-year-old now itfour months, and mess because of selfish more onto are interested in the rights to have parties injured themselves into oblivion than they are in taking part in the effort to control the spread." ler.: next cal

caller: what is going on is it is all selective, even on your show, you allow people to say anything they want to say, as supports your position. you had an individual claiming that the president wanted to inject people with disinfectant. we know that is incorrect, but you didn't say a thing, because let them continue on. and you didn't mention the study of the fork foundation in detroit that hydroxychloroquine has had a very well established tests and has shown to be an effective early treatment. none of this stuff is brought up to balance it out, and you get to choose what you want to do. we have lots of numbers out

there, but we don't have any data to see. you did show over a bit that one died, andople had that is compared to previously when we had a sick people and did not know how to handle the virus. but the facts are, there is only 601 people in a series condition in the hospital in the united states. there are lots of people in the intensive care, but they are not covid intensive care. so you get to pick and choose what you want to present to the thinkithout having anyone . you had hillary clinton on saying that if she were president, she would do it differently. she would not close down the

borders. we know that she wouldn't do anything. she couldn't even get results elected. the election will be a problem. 55-30.s up up 55 to about 35 120 days out. host: i appreciate your opinion. greenville, mississippi. this is tammy. welcome. caller: thank you for having me. host: go ahead, you are on the air. , i live inas calling the center states. i was calling to bring up the point that is always brought up to my conservative friends and families. where are the numbers on the poor working man. it was shown with the trump

, that theys weekend were all crowded together. , the donore next day crowd are all spread out across the lawn. how much did those tickets cost? to social distance versus being crammed in? host: the tickets for the mount rushmore event? caller: big fourth of july on the lawn. i didn't see any flip-flops in that crowd. that is not the crowd that was at mount rushmore. they were all crammed together. control overhas whether they were going to cram them together or put them apart. the poor people were crammed together. host: fort lauderdale sun sentinel writing about the beaches, the five fort lauderdale beach closures and

staged protests on the sand with a photo. they also write the headline, hospitalizations on the rise as florida passes 200,000 coronavirus cases. debbie.higan, what is the effect in your area in the rising cases? caller: lansing, michigan is on the rise, due to some drinking at a local bar with the young people. my concern is not a popular opinion, but masks. i have 40 years in the medical field. the masks that we are using, the non-n95 arein the not effective. according to osha, and there are several studies that prove these masks are pretty much doing

nothing. they are even harming people because they trap in error which promotes the virus -- trapped in air. host: want to point out an opinion piece in "usa today from workers.frontline they have the peace calling on the greater use of -- they write as specialist in new york city, we are concerned about increasing rates of covid-19 infections which may overwhelm our hospitals and parts of the usa. to avoid a catastrophic repeat of the initial search, we recommend a population wide intervention, a significant increase in the use of n95 masks

that might allow for a safer reopening of the u.s. economy. sars was thought to be primarily transmissible by fluid-filled droplets generated by coughing or sneezing and traveling short distances and will not reach another. however, it has recently been determined that a major mode of transmission of sars is via exhaled.excellent -- what do you think of their opinion polling for the greater use of n95 masks? caller: that is the mask that does filter, so that would be effective. but these other masks with no filter in them, they don't fit tight to your face. n95 has a sealed around your face so no air gets in around the mask.

that is exactly right. ?ost: you said you were a nurse caller: i am not a nurse. i worked as a surgical tech for multiple years. i worked in the medical field 40 plus years. host: n95 masks were designed for surgical procedures. how difficult would it be to wear those daylong, outside, in the summer and people would get very hot. caller: that is correct, but it is effective. if you are going to wear a mask, you want something that will protect you. these other masks are giving a false sense of protection. they are not protecting you. host: we will hear from diane next in ohio. caller: i feel very, very strongly if the president

wouldn't have started his bullcrap, this would have been ending much sooner or at least there wouldn't have been so many murders, and that's what i feel very strongly is what he has done. he murdered people literally. at a surveys a look on the vaccine. this was in the wall street journal. these are health care executives and investors about expectations for a covid-19 vaccine. the question is specifically -- for vaccine to be available to all of the u.s.. they surveyed 50. of that 50, 20 2% of them expected a vaccine -- 22% of them expected a vaccine to be in 2021.rly quarter of

executives, granted a small survey of 50 people, feel it is a much later arrival for the vaccine. dr. anthony fauci, of the centers for disease control -- excuse me, of the national institutes of allergy and infectious diseases and the coronavirus task force, testifying before congress about the importance of the vaccine. [video clip] make sure we have to that when states start to open again, need to follow the guidelines that have been carefully laid out with regard to checkpoints. what we've seen in several states are different iterations ,f that, perhaps maybe in some going to quickly and skipping over some of the checkpoints. even in states in which the leadership, in the form of the governors and mayors, did it right with the right recommendations, what we saw

visually, in clips, and in photographs of individuals in the community doing it all or none phenomenon, which is a dangerous. by all or none, i mean either the totally locked down totally open, not wearing masks, not avoiding crowds, not physical distancing. i think we need to emphasize the responsibility we have, both as individuals and part of a societal effort to end the epidemic, that we all have to play a part in that. if you look at the visuals, what we saw were a lot of people who may be felt that because they think they are in von honorable, and we don't many young people vulnerable, and they think that because they are not infected doesn't affect anyone

else. if a person gets infected, they may not be symptomatic, they can pass it to someone else, who passes it to someone else, who then makes someone's grandfather or uncle or a child on chemotherapy to get sick and die. we have to get this stitch out that we are all in this together. if we are going to contain this, we have to contain it together. host: our opening question does -- our opening question the rises in cases. the nbc reporting associated press story with the 200 state inspectors and strike teams put up by the governor fanned out to enforce rules. comment on social media. on twitter libby says, as of

cases, my county has 734 come up nearly 27% since last week. 24 deaths. testing positive requires self-isolation. how has not been able to work help our economy? houston county has to do better. the official fireworks display was canceled but the unofficial displays went on for hours. people gathered in groups. america first finding a way to celebrate during these horrific times they meet a little prouder. back to your calls. to pam burlington, north carolina. caller: i have a couple of points to make. a man that called had mentioned that trump did not say something about injecting disinfectant. he did. and askedto dr. birx

that question. if you apply that or let people know where to find, not where it is written, where he actually says it. written, where he actually says it. it iser point is i think really, really sad that the doctors, like dr. fauci, dr. they needot say what to say because of trump. they cannot come out and say it, 99%t he said about of the being not harmful to people, is a lie. and my third point, and i will be really fast, is that people out here saying that they have a right not to wear a mask or to wear a mask is un-american. -- if everyone

would wear a mask in public and social distance, this would be and everybodycker could get back to a somewhat normal life. and i do not understand why they do not get that. it is crazy. that is all i have to say. thank you. host: you bet. ricky is next in kentucky. hey there. morning.ey, good i would just like to say that, as far as the mask, i am 57 years old. it is really hot outside. you know, especially in these factories. i work in a factory. i've worked through the corona. thank god i have not got any symptoms. the company i work for does real well in trying to disinfect. but back to the mask, you know,

orave been in walmart two three times a day and go through the week and some of the people are still wearing the same mask really disgusting. if anything, they passing this germ, any kind of germ, onto other people. so i do not see a benefit to the mask. if it bites me, it bites me. i have to work. i have to provide for my family. .o does my wife she works every day, works through the corona. we have to, you know, to live and survive. and these masks -- she has a little breathing problem.

well, all it does is make it worse on her. state require you to wear a mask if you go to a store like walmart? people well, sir, the inside down here in kentucky at the walmarts, they wear them. but i am going to say 60 percent of people do not wear them. host: so it is optional? caller: right, absolutely. absolutely. so anyway, i feel that we have to do the herd immunity, and it is just like, i know it is a terrible disease, worse than a fluke, but at the same time, it is not going to be cured by people wearing masks. it is just not going to happen. just ain't going to happen. so thanks, sir. host: thank you. headline from the hill this morning, gop arizona lawmakers and found she and -- fauci

birx undermine this. key members are undermining president trump's response to the virus during an interview thursday in a back-and-forth with fox news. to removecalled on the two from the task force, saying they are causing panic with warnings about how the coronavirus pandemic could evolve should americans not follow public health guidelines. in the bronx, anthony, welcome. to be on., boy, good i saw somebody walking around with one of the masks, the blue ones, and it looked like they got it out of a garbage can and put it right on the face. hydrogen peroxide is a naturally occurring chemical in our cells that kills virus i think via vitamin c. trump was inquiring about a study that applied peroxide,

chemical, to the lungs. 95 mask, according to an osha employee, when you blow out of it, if you have a virus, you're blowing it right out of that vent. so -- host: ok. joe is in cedar rapids, iowa. caller: hello. i have got a couple of things i would like to ask about. where is the results from the serology tests? where you already have antibodies. there was an article that the cdc found out the 24 states were combining the serology test results along with the regular covid test, and that is how you get a higher number. the other thing is i spent 40 years using n95's.

you have to be almost clean-shaven to wear one because you cannot get a seal over more than two days beard. foundation ran a hydroxychloroquine and found out that it was beauvais better than remdesivir -- and found out that it was way better than remdesivir. so who is ordering who? thank you. host: you can send comments to twitter, @cspanwj. this one from florida, i am shocked how little my state and local government prioritized their relationships with the local economic council, chambers of commerce, over the public health and safety of such a vulnerable population. timothy says, still cannot eat inside the restaurants or bars. warm weather has helped the economy with the outdoor option, but in my town, people are

stubborn about masks and who knows who is washing up. i have to go to the clinic for my schizophrenia shut once a month, so i see how the front is. a headline here about the labor secretary who yesterday was on one of the sunday morning shows. the headline, extra $600 a week in unemployment insurance no longer needed. he was on fox news sunday. here is what the labor secretary had to say. [video clip] >> in terms of the unemployment benefit, it was a really important thing to do as we were shutting our economy down. americans across the country were basically being told -- and we needed to take measures, but they were basically being told you cannot go to work right now, so we needed that substantial unemployment benefit. there are some states where you can get on an annual basis $75,000 a year right now on unemployment. i think as we reopen the economy, i do not know that we need a benefit like that. during the so-called great recession 10, 12 years ago when we had a downturn, the added

federal unemployment benefit was $25 a week. what we did in the cares act was $600 a week. this is something we will get a look at, but i do not think we need that six hundred dollars benefit going forward. host: next to jim in iowa. just say wear masks. it protects me, and it will protect the other person. it should not be controversial to wear a mask. your notreciate putting the fake part about trump saying -- instead, listen to dr. fauci. he is not undermining. trump is undermining the doctors. so just listen to the doctors and wear a mask, and we appreciate that. i see a lot of people here in iowa wearing a mask. and i see some doesn't. but i stay far away from them when they have no mask on.

do,that is all i can protect myself, and hand sanitizer, keep everything clean. host: a headline from the "wall street journal," early success stories, see virus surge. those that stemmed this bread in recent weeks face the challenge of maintaining that success. summer increasing travel and distancing fatigue. in ohio, where governor mike dewine had been praised, i said in rising cases is sparking new concern. that is from the "wall street journal." to florida, this is joseph up next. good morning. caller: good morning. listen, my take on this situation is as follows, john made ain his book comment to the effect that mr. trump is motivated primarily or

only by his desire to be reelected. and i think that is reflected and what caused the situation we are in now. you know, we are in a deep hole with this coronavirus. it did not have to had been this deep. however, in the beginning, for whatever reason, mr. trump did not want to test and track, etc. that is how europe and asia got out of the mess that this coronavirus creates. by mr. frankelok recently, "man's search for meaning," and at the end of the book, he makes the, that we in the united states have built the statue of liberty, and then he says i think we should also responsibilityof . that is what we are lacking, america. we have to all come together,

face this problem together, and be responsible and stop accusing each other, and we need good leadership to do that. god bless america. host: here is john in birmingham, alabama. caller: actually, i am in arizona. is one of ours justsentatives, and i was horrified by his comments that dr. fauci and dr. birx are undermining trump. i mean, here are some people that are trying to tell us the truth and trump is shutting them down. money thehe way, made old-fashioned way. he hit the publishers clearing house sweepstakes, so god bless him. host: congressman biggs, you said? video ofou can find a him with ed mcmahon, presenting a check for the clearinghouse sweepstakes he is a millionaire. host: all right.

this is a headline in the hill yesterday, trump to hold outdoor rally in new hampshire on saturday. the reporting of the hill on this, it was the next make america great again rally will gather supporters that fort smith international airport on saturday, july 11, 8:00 p.m. the hill writes they will provide entities with ample access to hand sanitizer and a face mask that they are strongly encouraged to wear, according to a press release. we will keep you posted about our coverage plans on the c-span networks. in southrnest carolina. are you there? one more time. hollywood, south carolina, are you on the line with us? caller: yes, can you hear me? host: yes, go ahead. caller: i listen to your program and hear people put a size -- people criticize, like people

walking around with 30 masks and stuff, but they are not saying anything about what they can do to make it better. i ended up in the hospital for maybe 20 days, and i had a ventilator. i did not know it was and let me because i was unconscious. i mean, what would you think if you laid up in the hospital and you got that virus with a ventilator down your throat and you got something coming up your rectum in the back? how comfortable do you think that would be? and you are walking around saying you are not going to do anything to protect yourself? .he mask is not only for you it is for protection of the other people. i do not understand why people could be so selfish. they do not have that kind of respect -- you: in your town, are seeing folks wearing masks out at stores? caller: oh, yes. but as some of the walmarts, you see people walking around like it ain't nothing.

i don't understand. it scares me. i carry some extra masks. and i offer them a mask. host: thanks for calling paired we went to play this earlier from a hearing last week, a senate hearing on the timeline of the development of the covid vaccine. here is a look. [video clip] >> the american people are dying and getting sick, and they are looking for results. and we know you just cannot wave the magic wand. dr. collins, i will start with you. what do you say to the american people today on where we are and when the timeline and what do you think we will become aware? >> mr. chairman, this is the right question and something i think all of us working on covid-19 are obsessed about night and day because this is one of those crises were science is not only important, it is crucial to and every mistake we make would set us back, and every wasted opportunity would have a consequence for

somebody's life. so i want to tell you, we are all in, everybody working on this team. where we are but the vaccine, remember, generally it takes five to 10 years to develop a vaccine from a new infectious agent. we do not have that time. so in record time, the very first vaccine went from knowing what the sequence of this viral genome was to injecting the first patient in phase one trial in six to three days, a world record by a longshot. new technologies made that possible. going quickly from phase one, which looks very promising, to phase two, which started on may 29, and phase three which will begin this month. and how long will that take? we need to enroll 30,000 volunteers, and that should take a matter of some months. we are all optimistic that the goal we have said to have a vaccine that works and is workse by the end -- that in us safe by the end of 2020 will be met. one of the vaccines, but there are several being conducted side-by-side, that we would then

have to buy early 2021 300 million doses of a vaccine that is safe and effective. so all of that is where we're putting ourselves on the line, and i think everybody at this table would agree that is really the right goal for the american people. host: comments from joe biden theerday on twitter, presumptive democratic nominee. covid-19 is surging across the nation, and this president is doubling down on his efforts to rip health insurance and protections away from millions. it is heartless, cruel, and must be stopped. the hard truth is it did not have to be this bad, but donald trump ignored the warnings and refused to take action he failed to take action. reaction from our callers, viewers, and listeners. .ext (202) 748-8003 joe in charleston, south

carolina, says case number's are increasing and masks are no monetary where i live and in surrounding towns. masks may not be perfect, but their use is the best thing we can do if we want to travel around our communities. what can it hurt to wear them? the only other effective method to prevent transmission is isolation, and most people reject that idea. i am wearing a mask right now, by the way. michael in portland, oregon. in oregon, the fourth of july weekend was celebrated with a view mass gatherings. other than continued nighttime rioting in the center of my big city. i do not expect a big bump of new cases is followed in the next 10 days. other states, especially ones unfortunate enough to have hosted large political rallies, will knock it off so lightly. and from new jersey, because of the rise of covid-19 positives, the plan to allow restaurants to allow indoor dining is been postponed. we will hear from brady in ohio. go ahead. caller: how are you doing? host: good morning. caller: i want to talk about how

i work for a maintenance company . i do maintenance work. praise the indiana -- i that they jumped all over this here and put every protocol in place to make us safe. now these people out here not wearing their masks, i am sorry, they use just dead wrong. i have over 200 masks myself, because i am going to protect myself. i do not want my kids or somebody else's child or some buddy else's parents or grandmother getting this virus. this virus is very sneaky, and you don't know. i got doctors in my family, man. my niece got it from going to new york. she is actually a doctor and went to help people, and she did everything she did to protect yourself, and she still got it. praise god that she is ok. but for the people who are complaining about the masks, just get over it. put a mask on, put gloves on,

and go about your life. it is not going to kill you to wear a mask. from pollock pines, california. caller: good morning. wise to her mask. -- to where a mask. but name one person in the world right -- dr. fauci, he was wrong many times along the way. this whole pandemic. trump is doing best he can. we're as joe biden, yeah, going to learn a lot of about joe biden and barack obama coming up. [indiscernible] host: we are going to hear from

maria next in westfield, new jersey. caller: good morning. i think one of the worst effects of this are that people are losing confidence in the medical profession, and they have reason to because of all the contradictions. i just wanted to point out that with the use of lancetchloroquine, the retracted their acceptance of the study that said it was not any good or lead to these bad effects, and yet, when they had the hearings with the nih people, we had congresspeople screaming at them to say that it wasnot work, and nih nodding their heads as if they did not know the results. but dr. fauci and bill gates are both involved with a chinese-based company that is developing a vaccine. please, i am begging you, to have on a doctor that knows the

motives and the people involved there who said that the doctors have been hoarding hydroxychloroquine for their use in their small circles. even on c-span in the last month, you have had three or four medical experts on who admitted that they have been using it themselves as a prophylactic. we do not need something that itwed somebody not having effective although it helps 50%. it is to be used at the early stages and should be given to the most vulnerable people right now. the masks, maybe they could help some small way, but if you have something that prevents a getting very ill and being hospitalized, that is very vital. i think this is a big scandal, and i am begging c-span, have this man on. thank you very much. host: appreciate the guest suggestion. house and senate are out this week in terms of legislative

work, but work continues off the floor, particularly in the u.s. house, as a appropriations bills get underway. we will cover several markup sessions today. beginning at 4:00 eastern, the subcommittee for state foreign foreign aid part of appropriations, and it will also continue at 8:00 tonight with the appropriations subcommittee on military constructions and on veterans affairs. onse hearings live here c-span. you can also follow it online at c-span.org and on the free c-span radio app. so if a left turn into this 2021,g of budgets for spending bills for 2021, being marked up on those appropriations subcommittees. james in new jersey, good morning. there. go ahead.

alright, to hampton, virginia. donna, good morning. caller: good morning. bear with me because i'm almost 80 and my days are limited, but i have some information i would like to get across. i literally just got off the 2019,er, and this is from deaths, 5nza, 650,000 million people were infected, but we do not shut the country down for that. me,we do for this, which to i still say is somewhat of a joke. to see you get a dr. david somadi from new york. he also has been on and said that hydro -- whatever that word is, i cannot pronounce it -- is absolutely one of the best

things to treated with, and why they're not wanting to, i don't understand. isuess because a vaccine going to be extremely expensive. for, it i really called am almost 80 and have never gotten a flu shot, i have never gotten the flu. i am not afraid of this virus. and i am going to tell you a very simple way for you and all the people that are listening out there, since i was 40 years old, i have been taking every to 5000 units000 of vitamin d, which my doctor recommended. 4000o take 2 -- 2000 to vitamin c daily. i never get sick. i never have a cold. and i am sure this is what is keeping me healthy, because i have gone out wearing no mask

two and three times a week through this whole pandemic malarkey, and i have not gotten sick. stay healthy., carla in new york state. caller: yes, i am a registered nurse in new york city, and my department has been involved in the covid data from the start. in march, i would get to work at 8:00 and would leave at 9:30 p.m. at night, because that is how many cases there were because there was no social distancing and no masks. now that we're in july, i can tell you this much, there is a trickle of cases and i can get to work at 8:00, and by 10:00 we are finished entering our data, because that is how good of a job governor cuomo and the state has done as far as social distancing and using a mask. when we were involved in this, we have to enter the patient's come or bid to these, whether they had to be intubated, and whether they are discharged.

i have to say to you, i would hate to have to go to work and go back to the days of not using a mask where i had to work 12 hours a day, and then a statistic where they come in the covid positive and they deteriorate, and hopefully they get discharged but then other scenarios, they die. i just want to say, wear a mask and social distancing are thank you very much. host: appreciate your experience per to follow-up from the weekend speech by president trump at mount rushmore, the fourth of july speech saturday at the white house, this is the "wall street journal," trumpet mount rushmore, progressive's derive his defense of america's founding principles. a little bit from their editorial this morning. this, divisive mr. trump's speech was certainly direct, in his typical style, but it was only divisive if you have not been paying attention to the divisions now being stoked on the political left across american institutions.

mr. trump pointed out that the last few weeks have seen an explosion of cancel culture, driving people from their jobs, demanding total submission from anyone who disagrees. describing this statement of fact as divisive, they write, proves his point. on those speeches, this is another view in the "washington post" this morning. the headline on his opinion piece this morning is, a culture war that is all trump has left. vileys that trump's speeches at mount rushmore on friday and the white house on the fourth of july shows he sees only one path the victory, he will tear the nation to pieces. he writes, he will use the classic methods of racist politicians to tie a resurgent movement for racial equality to a wave of violent crime and efforts to destroy our very

civilization. it is all, he says, part of a left-wing cultural revolution designed to overthrow the american revolution. he writes, the man who has been selling right-wing nationalism dares to say his opponents advocate a far new left fascism. a politician who has defended confederate on immense scrambles for cover behind abraham link went and quotations from martin luther king, jr. the "washington post" this morning. "wall street journal," another look back at the weekend and what it might mean in the campaign. trump sees a win in monuments, is the headline. national polls and surveys in several battleground states have shown president trump is behind presumptive democratic nominee joe biden four months before election day. several of the president's aides and allies predict his holiday we can comments would resonate beyond his political base, saying his defense of statues

and monuments was unifying issue. aides also think his recent messaging up police will resonate with voters concerned about safety. a couple more calls on this topic. charles in princeton junction, new jersey. tearles, make sure you mu your volume and then go ahead. caller: ok, thank you. host: are you there? charles in new jersey, one more time. in oh fallon, illinois. sir.r: yes, good morning, i have to tell you, it is a bit surreal watching what is happening in this country and andhing the ignorance people in my party, the republican party, turning a blind eye to what is going on

with the current occupant at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. with all the death, over 100,000 thousands of people that will go forward with pre-existing conditions caused by this virus, and the president says that the cases, 99% of the cases are basically harmless, 99% of the cases, nothing to see here, move along. this is what the republican party has reaped upon this nation. turning a blind eye to all the shenanigans analyze of this -- and lies of this man. and now when the rubber meets ie road, i along can fix it, am the answer, i am this, i am

that -- he dances around like a petulant child. when lives are at stake, he has no discipline. thisepublican party at point, according to mr. trump, is the party of confederate, treasonous sympathizers, ofence-deniers, and in favor rampant police brutality without forpushback or controls police and out-of-control police unions that push and impact legislation to allow police -- not the police, but to anouncer: coming up, discussion with michael mcfaul.

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