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a few moments. with the latest global news headlines. on this week's show coronavirus half of what you've heard is probably wrong and in this half hour 2 experts will inoculate you against a misinformation epidemic but 1st as the world becomes a smaller place how do we look to the rest of the world holland cook in washington this is the big picture on our t.v. america. we got lots of reaction to last week's show rush limbaugh even squat about it if you missed it click u s a optics where you'll find all our shows on demand at youtube dot com slash the big picture on. t.

this week a quick follow up with the benefit of a globe trotting perspective we always try to tap into whenever he is home here in washington john said leads his principal a trilogy advisors here in washington specializing in government affairs political communications and geo political risk management his clients include the u.s. state department john is a popular speaker and you can search you tube for his ted talk american identity on the global stage which lately is complicated john welcome back pretty to be back thanks for having me 2020 campaign coverage has been most of what's on most other cable news channels lately and the post super tuesday this all goes up an octave how closely are the u.s. a presidential race and these characters who populate it followed elsewhere by world leaders and business people and just plain folks very closely and 1st of all

u.s. allies and adversaries are looking to see what's going to happen with president trump will he still be president in 2021 for his 2nd inaugural or will he be succeeded by a democrat and if so which of these democrats the united states is still the dominant power in the world even with the new competition with china russia rogue regime issues like iran and north korea people still look to the united states for global leadership who dominates the united states government in the u.s. economy and drives it forward is always going to be a major issue for audiences governments and plain folks around the world add to that the fact that donald trump is the most riveting and entertaining president in modern history a man here and so you've got people just every day citizens around the world who are watching us politics probably like you haven't done so in years if not decades do you reckon that world financial markets have now priced in this mercurial and

often undiplomatic presidents shoot from the hip style. i believe so i mean markets tend to be a moral right so whether or not people were democrats or republicans and for that matter one of the surprising facts is most people in new york in the financial investment industries are democrats they supported hillary clinton in the democratic party they supported barack obama they now trump fans but they want more than anything else is profits 2nd drive business and consumer confidence and elevate the markets and i think that's what they've been looking at the last 3 years we'll see how the coronavirus affects the u.s. markets as well as what's happening in the international indices but no i think very much so they priced him in nobody can figure out what he's going to do next but they know it's almost always going to be surprising an unorthodox a staunch conservative friend of mine says you should thank him for the number at

the bottom of your 401 k. i said no i should think jeff bezos but the president tends to benefit from or get blamed for an up or down economy respectively historically right absolutely and donald trump has been fortunate 1st of all the larger economic conditions around the world have been largely good up until this coronavirus and we still uncertain as to what the impacts will be through 2020 but in the u.s. i think donald trump can fairly be credited for the tax cuts and for the deregulation that striving business confidence that's driving consumer confidence and we have the most booming economy we've had since the mid 1990 s. in the united states and much of that credit where everyone stands in the spectrum goes to donald trump and the policies he's been able to enact well coronavirus when coronavirus sneezes the financial markets go down for the count and even just moving around here domestically i am constantly being asked by ben that china in

the last couple of weeks even just making appointments here in washington so i can only imagine the gauntlet you run in your more exotic travels talked. about supply chain interruptions and other ways that this corona virus but demick is going to be felt in heartland usa you know i think what we've seen now that the epidemic is moving out of china and we're increasingly seeing it in other asian countries in europe and in the united states is really what has the markets rattled the last week week and a half or so and we'll see to what extent the starts to play out more broadly inside the united states i'd like to think that really one of the major differences we have here in the u.s. in europe and in advanced countries like japan and south korea is we have open governments we share information it's not what we had in china where for the 1st 6 weeks sure they kept this thing completely under wraps and it was only in late january that general secretary xi jinping announced to the chinese people and to

the world that this virus had become at the demick inside the country so i think we have more advanced technologies we have better information process he's and we tend to be open governmental systems so that people can respond take preventive measures so i think for the most part we're going to be in good hands people will catch this virus but i don't think we're going to have the type of crisis proportions are you seen inside of china however the markets tend to be also based on psychology and the more the media is driving the sense of panic and of crisis that is unfounded the more dangerous it will be for the economy so we have to make sure that the information that we're exchanging is accurate is cool calm headed and based on facts not on emotion all along the chinese transparency has been suspect because back when they were telling us dozens of people they were quickly building 2 hospitals in 2 weeks so we still don't know what we don't know right that's correct

and unfortunately that may have resulted in a pandemic that didn't need to take place if they. taken the right measures in the 1st days in the 1st weeks when chinese physicians were reporting to local authorities about this virus and instead to protect the communist party's reputation and to prevent it from embarrassment before their own citizens and on the world stage they kept it under wraps now they're playing catch up but now we have this out of control potentially in europe in pockets of asia and hopefully not in the united states but we'll see how this plays out we are talking with government affairs advisor john sibley to is john the 5 evolution is the u.s. see china trade flash point we are wary of that there while way internet plumbing is a trojan horse it's going to spy on us but american tech firms and the european manufacturers we do trust are not as far along as that while away powered 5 g. stuff where does this standoff go from here other than futuristic robo cars etc

and what's at stake for the american consumer if we do fall behind in the 5 g. race well unfortunately holland we are already behind in the 5 g. race and that's to quandary that's posed for us policy makers from the president to the congress to a regulatory agencies and that is that on the one hand we understand the security problems of 5 g. led by huawei z t e and other chinese 5 g. powerhouses they're able to offer superior hardware and software services and they're able to undercut the competition mostly ericsson out of sweden nokia out of finland and samsung of course out of north korea south korea but as much as 40 percent of the problem that we have is that a 1st of all we're concerned that the chinese communist party can compel those companies while ways e.t.e. in others to surrender any personal data or really corporate secrets from any

customers that use chinese 5 g. companies the problem that we have is that we don't have a viable alternative. like a cisco or a qualcomm or the 5 g. company that can compete with these chinese companies now ericsson and nokia can maybe we're looking at partnerships or acquisitions between u.s. companies and european companies to be able to compete more effectively with these chinese companies in the years to come but the security problem is very real we're trying to persuade morales to be cautious about allowing 5 g. into their networks and potentially compromising their infrastructure the technology systems and even government secrets while looking to see whether or not we can provide a realistic alternative to those successful chinese companies what's wonderful about the internet is that it is a world wide web if you end up with 2 tracks the track that's behind is behind a bricks it is reshuffling the economic deck in europe you get belt and road initiative among various eurasian alliances that are and running america's

influence there historically much of the world economy has been priced in usa dollars is the greenbacks status lessening and if so what does that mean at the kitchen table here at home i don't see this happening hollande and if anything if you look at what's been going on with the coronavirus pandemic that's now bursting around the world investors are looking for a safe haven they're very concerned about the shift in global supply chains away from china into and this is already happening before the pandemic it is going into southeast asia into india and even into africa which could become the world's next great factory floor replacing china right of the last 20 years but right now people are looking investors are looking for a safe haven they're a little bit unsettled about what's happening with the global economy china may be at 0 percent growth for the 1st quarter it's a condom is basically shut down and we'll see what the ripple effects so in the

u.s. and in the e.u. and in the asian markets so investors a seeking a safe haven the ring. the u.s. dollar the dollar is actually holding steady and actually increasing a couple of basis points in the last several weeks so i think the dollar will remain the safe haven for the foreseeable future that's good to know i'm down to about a minute but i must ask president trump crows about usa energy independence and has one go i don't take a bottle of the state of the union if it is not because venezuela sits atop the world's biggest oil patch what is the administration's persistent interest in installing our guy as president i don't see him is our guy 1st of all one would look at the venezuelan constitution and most latin american countries of already taken the initiative in recognizing one as to do elected president of venezuela given that there is no legitimacy left in nicolas maduro as dictatorial regime but

beyond that i don't really think it's about oil holland the u.s. exports twice as much oil around the world as venezuela does and with the number one oil producer beyond russia and saudi arabia this is really about chinese debt about $25000000000.00 and the fear that china will seize venezuelan assets right the russian military in venezuela iran's hezbollah destabilizing governments and a potential humanitarian crisis of millions of people event is really becomes a failed state streaming throughout latin america central america and maybe even to the u.s. that is a big picture john said ladies trilogy advisers thanks as always thanks for having me. coming up seriously are we taking the coronavirus epidemic lightly or you'll have us the new james bond movie no time to die will not open as play on the easter weekend with movie theaters closed in several countries now double o.

7 state you has been pushed back to november but don't believe everything you've heard about this virus news you can you. yes coming up this is the big picture on our t.v. america. bird. join me every thursday on the alec simon show and i'll be speaking to guests of the world of politics sports business i'm show business i'll see that. they're not ones out. on the flues often i don't want my next night off the definitions enough i'm by any. one seeking i need. a south.

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amazon has taken down listings for some 3rd party products claiming to help users of void corona virus infection one surgical face mask manufacturer was delisted for making what amazon called unapproved medical marketing claims but hey why all the fuss rush limbaugh assures gullible listeners that it's nothing more than the common cold and that the corona virus is being weaponized to bring down donald trump and the tweeter in chief couldn't agree more accusing the what he calls the low ratings fake news media of overstating the story to panic markets like do nothing democrats all talk no action whom to believe and it is the coronavirus epidemic itself a symptom of our reliance on information gathered from social media let's ask chris

to look at the c.e.o. of ruby media group a public relations and social media group in manhattan on her website ruby at media group dot com you can download her free ebook about social media presence and twitter and gauge meant chris welcome back. thank you so much for having me helen got to be here hey as you have followed this coronavirus story how well or misinformed do you reckon someone for whom social media equals the news would be as this vital story unfolds. you know how and i think we have a real problem right now where it's not even just about social media it's about all of the media and traditional broadcast as well that people are misinformed about coronavirus this is serious this is not going away any time soon we are on the brink of a pandemic here cases continue to pop up because we should have started testing for them close to a month ago and we're only now starting to test for them now so i think the real

challenge is not just where people are getting their news from but also what sort of information is really being censored you know for the people of the united states and that is really my big concern today well they illustrate i want to show a couple of tweets that kristen has recently called out i was this for timing as airlines are canceling flights and the weary are postponing vacations and as its founder was running for president bloomberg news wrote go ahead get on the plane for that riviera vacation and as the horrified are hoarding the armchair experts chime in with dubious advice responding to the perhaps well intentioned suggestion that we ask our doctors for a 90 day prescription refills during an opioid epidemic chris asks if you are not a doctor stop giving out medical advice kristen what is your advice to your clients and to any of our viewers who are using social media as part of their marketing

strategy business as usual or does a story like coronavirus the blocks out the sun a dictate changing tactics. coronavirus is dictating changing all tactics right now across the board in terms of any traditional marketing campaigns or public relations campaigns and even a brand social media strategy so this is not the time for cheap marketing ploys or to try and profit off of coronavirus or to price gouge or do any of the other tactics we're seeing companies try and do you really want to. change what you're doing to account for what's going on in the world and again this is very scary and i don't mean to instill fear in the viewers but we are things are going to get worse before they get better here and so i think any social media manager or agency really needs to take that into account and not just keep marketing the way they've been marketing if you have schedule tweets turn them off and revise your marketing

communications plan for coronavirus marketing strategy turning off the schedule tweets as advice i've heard from other pals who do what you do somebody once told me that prescheduled in your tweets is like sending a manic into a networking function because your cheery prescheduled tweets can keep appearing as some gun nut is shooting up a school or a shopping mall so a story like this can be a sketchy time now the consumption side kristen what advice would you offer people who are watching and who are listening to this as a podcast in general about consuming information that they see and hear online. i think you always want to make sure that any thing has been peer reviewed or is coming from a medical professional ideally or from a larger health organization where there is some trust that is instilled in that again i can't recommend enough the parents of a fact checking things i also think that as media outlets we want to make sure that

certain imagery actually goes with the story that we're talking about for example i'm a westchester county resident we have one of the highest rates right now of people being quarantined in westchester county and there was a major media outlet that ran a story of someone on a train that was in china and said that it was in westchester county so i think it's media professionals we also have to be very careful that we're doing our due diligence before we put anything out and my final advice is that we've talked a lot about having a contingency plan and i think that as business owners you need to have one right now and as marketing professionals you also need to have one for what you're going to do with your agency and what content you're putting out there great advice kristen ruby ruby media group dot com thank you as always for stepping into the big picture thanks for having me helen. again this week coronavirus is the story of the week and the public health sector is in overdrive to keep it from becoming the story of our lifetime but in the next 60 seconds more americans will die of heart disease than from coronavirus why and how can you avoid either let's

ask dr shah his multiple board certifications include interventional cardiology doctor welcome thank you so much holland looking forward to how are you doing good doc a while back we interviewed a divorce lawyer of some notoriety whose book is titled if you're in my office it's already too late and when i hear you introduced as an interventional cardiologist the little voice in my head says how can a avoid needing an intervention what are the most common reasons your patients end up your patience. so interventional cardiologist says doctors who go and intervene which means if you have a blockage in your heart arteries we go and open it up you're having a heart attack you go and fix it same way i also do but it's all vascular which means if your blockages in your leg arteries we go and open that one up so if you do want to avoid me and if the comment is reason people see as is whether when they

have blockage in their heart arteries getting chest pain or heart attack they may have and they have blockage in their leg arteries getting leg pain discomfort or when they're actually having also which don't heal and they need amputation so do exercise quit smoking etc etc lose weight all of that. that's right do exercise and lose weight quit smoking make sure your blood pressure cholesterol diabetes in well in control and if you know symptoms seek attention but if you are to a disease or leg block it is a very very serious problem we always say legs are the window to the heart oftentimes patients don't realize it patients ignore it doctors ignore it don't ignore it having amputation is a pretty bad problem people's lifestyle completely change but not only that people will blockages in the leg arteries are the same folks who have risk of heart attack and risk of stroke so seek attention seeker early treatment before it's too late

hey a several bad for me in one ear i'm hearing avoid chocolate it sugar it will make you fat you'll get diabetes in the other here your i've heard the chocolate is good and lately somebody told me that cocoa can actually help my heart who's right. yeah so most of the chocolates available in the current market unfortunately have very high concentration of poor fat of all ism and poor free fatty acid having said that they're really bitter or that dark chocolate which has very high concentration of cocoa is now lately we're finding that it actually helps a bit with the blockage formation and specially when. people hope if that article disease improve their walking distance so up to 3 to 4 drinks of the really bitter dark hot chocolate can actually be helpful with with a lot of cocoa in it memo to the easter bunny now about coronaviruses i've read up on this i spotted a bulletin from the american college of cardiology and my layman's reading surmises

that patients with cardiovascular issues could be at increased risk of coronavirus have i got that right and are these folks similarly at risk of flu yes absolutely so to me it's very surprising that nobody is talking about and we hear about it on our wires and in unfortunate death and demise from it but i haven't heard anybody like talking about it enough that. people who are cardiovascular disease are the people who are actually at a very high risk of potentially dying from it as a matter of fact that our study is quoting that 40 to 50 percent of people when did about dying from put on our white house had some kind of cardiovascular risk factors they had low immunity because their diabetes hypertension high cholesterol and they had underlying cardiac disease not only that up to 20 percent 19 to 21 percent of what the study is exactly and that of dying from cardiovascular causes

so if you happen to have cardiovascular disease you are more susceptible to potentially having large impact of course on elias where we talked about watching your weight quit smoking eat smart get some exercise what else will help boost immunity to fight him and help and how important is a good night's sleep. yes sleep is very under-rated sleep along with other things that you mentioned you know diet exercise quitting smoking and and also paying attention to sleep is very important you know it's not just the amount of sleep that you have it's not just the duration or the quantity of sleep but it's also the quality of sleep what kind of sleep we have and now we have tons of biomarkers which can measure the quality of sleep and we have seen better impact on improving immunity so you may practice is the gratitude meditation those things that also lead to increased immunity as well so yes leap is very important at 3 different c.v.s. stores in 3 days the person right in front of me in line was asking for surgical

facemasks and the person behind the counter said we're out of stock should we be walking around wearing face masks at least until this corona thing passes or for the flu season and what about hand sanitizer there's been some controversy that we're tempting superbugs to jump the fence and the simple frequent hand washing should suffice true or false. partially true so i think the more important. the importance of the senate and hence and his days ation and facemask cannot be more important than ever before right now over the put on our white house on going. first of all i want to make sure that people understand that what you need is the proper math which is an 1000 mass which which can protect from from going away doesn't most c.b.s. was going to have that available having said that this whole conversation goes back to the additional conversation i had which is about immunity and underlying cardiovascular disease the underlying risk factors so if you are somebody at risk

of developing. susceptible to catching infection you've got to make sure you are applying all the proper hygenic techniques which is and set it as a nation as well as using the proper math dr a new shot thank you for your help with this important story appreciate your time. thank you so much and thank you for watching the big picture if your cable company doesn't have america call them up and say i want to cancel everything but internet access because we are live at youtube dot com slash r t america if you have direct t.v. we're channel 321 on pluto t.v. we are 279 if you have the dish dish were 280 and all of our shows are available anytime anywhere on our t.v.'s new portable t.v. app to be a scene that it's free in the app store or google play and we're on demanded you tube dot com slash the big picture r t m holland cook in washington and at holland cook on twitter were if you follow me

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