greetings and salutations here in the united states we've lost conservatively conservatively more than 12000 individual souls to the code 19 virus and that number is only going to rise for the time this tragedy has run its course mainly because our political leaders failed to act when they should have in the wake of tragedy hard questions must always be asked and here in the united states of america one of the most important questions begging begging to be asked of our great elected officials from donald trump to nancy pelosi to mitch mcconnell is why did you allow this to happen why did over 12000 americans die on your watch especially when you spend 1.5 trillion dollars of our tax dollars on national security this year alone the trumpet ministration secured

a near record $750000000000.00 in defense spending but what kind of security are you buying us one a simple virus can crush our economy and health care infrastructure in just a few short weeks naturally the most common answers we as citizens get in return when we ask these questions is either a litany of spoiled toddler like finger pointing like the kind we witnessed this week when us president donald trump tried to claim his inadequacies and failures were all the fault of the world health organization or or the other excuse one of my own personal favorites in political excuse making the a big protests we just didn't see this coming. which which might be true appear in every average every day jane and john q citizen but when you were the house speaker when you were the senate majority leader or were near the president of the united states we didn't see it coming is no excuse especially when the very military

industrial complex that you worship that you and our money over to warn you of this very catastrophe 3 years ago according to a 2017 u.s. northern command plan out of the pentagon the nation reports that the pentagon was not just well aware of the threat of a nobel influenza but even anticipated the consequence scarcity of ventilators face mask and face mask and hospital beds. schumer palosi donald rubio cotton and all and all and all the rest my friends late run out of excuses recent weeks have taught the american people that we are far from in the trillion dollar security state they have built around us in fact we are out in the cold as we start watching the hawks. what's going on a city you street or what it. looks like to see the rises you always

stay i'll see you always. great to see this least systemic deception is complete show which would be so when the joke as. well the one watching arcs i am tired rover those are and i'm nice across a major i'm sorry the the excuses just keep piling up now but in that it's like every other day it's well it is world health organization's fault well known as this person's ball when at the end of the day i'm sorry i'm a little angry but at the end of the day i'm tired of excuses out of our leaders especially one it seems like every other week that this virus goes on we see the bay knew somebody knew everyone knew it well advance and ahead of time that this was coming to. oh absolutely and at this point trump has he feels like he has to play the blame game because he does not take responsibility for anything on his own we know that he's known about corona virus since january the alarms were raised they were doctors they were scientists they were other nation state leaders who

were telling him about it there was also a task force that was supposed to take place then that we did not see actually happen until just a few weeks ago so he can't say that he did not know he can't also just point blame to the world health organization the world health organization for its part issued warnings early on as well and they ifill as though at this point we have a president who one just doesn't like taking responsibility for anything but also the initial peak that he saw from his announcements about coronavirus report weeks ago in terms of polling has now gone down so initially there was a bump that said that you know people were gathering they were doing that round the flag gathering that americans do when there is a certain tragedy that is happening but then they saw him say that everything will be open by easter they saw him you know tell businesses that everything will be fine they saw him tell the american public that this was not going to be a big deal and all of that fell flat on its face he doesn't want it but his own role and definitely donald but what about congress you know congress is the ones who they're the ones who decide what money goes where they're the ones who spend

you know a trillion dollars on national security and clearly we're not that secure clearly our priorities were not you know our priorities were what we've got to build more warships and guns and tanks and bombs that doesn't care about that now people might say oh well that's hindsight 2020 well no it's not when you're at the pentagon telling you in 2017 saying hey this is a major issue that could be coming down the pipe to practice i mean they literally pointed right to the family that coburg team belongs to saying the most likely and significant threat is the nobel respiratory disease particularly a nobel influenza disease i mean they had it right there would be more plain than that what we know about congress is that they have a habit of writing blank check. to many things particularly as it relates to as it relates to a lot of our military intervention a lot of our funds for that it's interesting that they did not take because they also didn't take this seriously when we're talking congress from both sides of the

you godless members did not see this as something that we should actually be really building up our awareness for that we should be building up a lot of the supplies for if they did if they had paid attention to this to this acknowledgement years ago we would not be where we are right now even during the george w. bush administration and now you know chumps administration is making his look glowing but during the bush administration he had a stockpile and believe that there would be something like this that what happened in this was what 2 administrations ago at this point. it baffles me that congress has chosen not to pay this any attention until now you're not the only one baffled denis kaufman who served as the head of infectious diseases and countermeasures division of the intelligence agency from 20142017 he actually told the nation quote the intelligence community was warned about the threat from highly pathogenic influenza viruses for 2 decades at least they have warned about a crowd of viruses for at least 5 years he went on to call law curves quote there

have been recent pronouncements of the coronavirus pandemic represents an intelligence failure failure it's letting people who ignored intelligence warnings off the hook that excuse basically use them trying to say oh don't blame. you but you are precisely who we should be blaming right now absolutely and we don't have a problem in paying intelligence warnings attention when they don't have to do with hill. exactly. and because nothing says protecting u.s. citizens from a virus more than starting a potential war u.s. navy warships are now headed to the caribbean in the coast of venezuela in a dangerous new move that could escalate friction between the united states and been its wailing the u.s. claims its navy presence in the region is to count. illegal narcotics operations but the been swelling government that's preparing for any potential conflicts r t correspondent john hoodie has more from miami. america's war on drugs is taking aim at venezuelan president nicolas maduro and his so-called cartel of the sons the

trump administration indicted madeira and several others on drug trafficking and narco terrorism charges march 26th an extraordinary announcement that diverted attention at least briefly anyway from another ongoing war the coronavirus war then last week president trump announced u.s. navy ships were heading to the caribbean and the coast of venezuela to beef up america's anti drug operations in the region we're deploying additional navy destroyers combat ships aircraft and helicopters coast good cutters and air force surveillance aircraft doubling our capabilities in the region. might do it all in response to the indictment called president trump a quote racist supremacy cowboy announced last week he was preparing his military for battle the calling for a cease fire during the coronavirus pandemic in this tweet he blamed u.s. and colombian conspiracies to quote fill venezuela with violence motorola has long

been accused of being involved in venezuelan drug trafficking along with the cartel of the sons a reference to venezuelan army generals who wear the sun insignia on their shoulders and are also accused of providing safe haven and support to the colombian anti-government guerrilla army organization fark venezuela has become a major cocaine distribution route used by drug traffickers flying through central america or by sea and going through the bahamas and then on to destinations here in the united states like miami or new york new jersey baltimore and philadelphia among other ports like the u.s. invasion of panama and arrested manuel noriega also accused of drug trafficking in 1909. trump administration's indictment among dural is being seen as an effort to remove him from power perhaps even by force whether or not the u.s. indictment of madeira and the naval presence in that region is a precursor to an invasion remains to be seen but it is clearly shining

a spotlight on the duro and venezuela so-called cartel of the sons for r.t. john honey. you know it's amazing to me that you see whether it's venezuela or even iran over the middle east that play right now at a time of imminent danger to citizens at home the word we're worried about nicolas maduro whether or not he's a drug trafficker and that just seems ridiculous to me we always have a habit of finding someone else to attack and someone and another group to demonize you probably already know how i feel about the war on drugs in general the global war on drugs it is even more problematic and there may be some issues with the under which he might think that people could admit to that but the united states basically going out on an all out drug war in the midst of it pay a debt a global pandemic is it's not the right time it's not the place and i think that my comments towards towards donald trump and what we're seeing happen there are extremely poignant at this moment. really and what's what blows my mind is you

really want to stop the drug war you want to you want to crack down on drugs i have an idea and the prohibition of narcotics and the prohibition of that because guess what that's the only reason the only reason that you have violence around the drug war is because it's illegal because you know people criminals are running it you take that out of the equation and suddenly you don't have a problem anymore but this you know element of saying oh we're going to go after voters went to me it's just you know it's using the drug war to promote regime change but like under cover of drug war you know it's like well we didn't like the guy but let's like drum up some charges against him just so we can quickly remove him from office while everyone is distracted with the pandemic absolutely i think that that is 9 that hit the nail on the head specifically because everyone right now a new cycle. covering the pandemic 10 pandemic 247 no one is really talking about this and any time you bring up drugs you bring up gangs you bring up weapons it is often used as a reason to not have your actions question because nobody likes drugs gangs and attacks of course but you know and nobody likes

a bit but let's also let's also be real about the drug war for a lot of communities across this country that's the only option they have for economic it's viability their god so it's tragic about it the shadow economy is the only economy that's reaching into their neighborhoods saying and they will bring their jobs will bring your money will be able to pay so your family can eat that's the real tragedy of the entire drug war to begin with and instead of supporting a global metric of. development for a lot of these countries that are central and south america who are falling to gangs and drugs same as communities that are fall into gangs and drugs right here in the united states this president and i would argue congress members as well aren't doing enough to support and to build these areas up no they're not and we still have to remember too is that most there's also been they've they've also not brought forth any actual hardcore concrete evidence of this alleged cartel but operating out of venezuela apparently from the president down. but in fact

most u.s. data says that a small fraction drug routes do run through but as whaling but most of them run through our ally colombia and mexico and things like that venezuela's small amount list so that's why i mean it's really just kind of stinks to me at the end of the day over hey everyone's talking about pandemic let's let's move over and see if we can depose while we're at it and no one will raise too many questions because if we did this when people were worried about getting sick then there might be more questions about that kind of resilience regime change and there's always time for it. all right as we go to break remember that you can also start watching the hawks on demand through the brand new portable t.v. which is available on smartphones through google play on the apple app store by searching for double t.v. . or stream us to your t.v. by downloading the portable t.v. app which is on apple t.v. and online affordable bad t.v. i've said t.v. a lot but that's what you should be watching his portable t.v. and it will be available more on more devices coming soon coming up we discuss the

fight for equality in the health care industry for the l g b t q community in the time of colbert 19 with preston mitchell adjunct professor of law at georgetown law center stay tuned to watch the. next geysers financial survival they say money that the relatives plan to take it easy this is a central bank support dying a promise kind of problem right now so you stop to.

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the l.g.b. t.q. community is disproportionately affected in our homeless population they're being discriminated against and work in educational environments not to mention health care and access to quality care the children ministration and the republican party have consistently refused to allow the equal rights act to see the light of day denying much needed support for this under-served group and the harsh reality for americans is that minority groups are 2nd class citizens for l.g.b. team members of society covert 19 has brought their daily realities to the forefront even in a global pandemic there is little news coverage of how this particular group. it's affected considering the barriers to health care access members of the community are at great risk according to recent polling 72 percent of the population expressed concern about the impact of coronavirus on them and their families their

concern is valid america has a long history of discrimination against groups specifically game in and trans women and even when these brave individuals are stepping up to help others in need they are reminded of their 2nd class status in december of 2015 the f.d.a. moved a lifetime ban on gay and bisexual men donating blood to a one year deferral period for any man who's had sexual intercourse with another man this ban was in place where gardasil the fact that all blood irrespective to sexual orientation has to go through rigorous testing now let's be honest the ban doesn't make much sense considering it only targets came in what about heterosexual women and men who engage in risky behavior with multiple partners are they any more safe and now amid the covert $900.00 out break as calls for blood in plasma donations rise and blood banks find themselves at a crossroads to meet the growing need the f.d.a.

rethought its stance on blood donations the new guidelines reduce the donation deferral period for sexually active gay and bisexual men from 12 months to 3. it shouldn't take a pandemic boy quality and lifesaving support to reach the poor front of american consciousness could become all a virus be a watershed moment for l g b t rights and advocacy here to tell us more is preston mitchell writer an educator fessor of law at georgetown law center welcome present. and you drag me. it's really fascinating when you look at the history of the f.d.a. as treatment of gay men i mean originally they were banned from giving blood donations back in the 1980 s. and with the hiv aids epidemic we've come a long way since that era not only in our understanding of the virus but also prevention methods why did limits to why do limit still exist in blood donations from gay men and why is this the group that is most excluded when it comes to the issues like this. homophobia is that easy we're about to use here but i would like

to start by setting it by painting a picture 1st so for more than 30 years sexually active gay bisexual and other men who have sex with men and trans people i should say have been prevented from donating blood so in the f.d.a. is guidance f.d.a. has specifically noted and recommended that blood establish ments indefinitely just for mel donors from donating blood since 977 if they've had sex with another male so the regulations itself were put in place in 1903 in the wake of the aids cases and the related panic that we've seen and that many people have experienced so long harley anyone test positive for things like blood art student test positive for h. i.v. because of blood transfusions and blood is tested we now legally have 30 plus years of discrimination on the books again why i say that is is because of homophobia here's what we know we know that all blood is tested so even in the face of science

in the advent of technology letter from particular communities is automatically perceived as damaged damaged and dangerous and not worthy of save you know lights. take a step back by saying in 2016 i wrote an article so the group called polls tragedy homophobic blood ban puts lives at risk the purpose of that article was to describe the need to push the f.d.a. for over train the entire band not just issued temporary orders not just issued deferral periods in that piece i specifically said we cannot wait for another tragedy to realize just how important having more access to blood donations is now look we have a national strategy tragedy in the form of public health crisis and it's a shame that f.d.a. is just now deciding to rethink their already discriminatory ban. and preston americans now have an outsize reliance on government from small business support to checks to stabilize working class families government has

played more phone than printed l g b t people historically what happens now. so i think what happens now is the government needs to continue having honest hard conversations with themselves with community members so part of the truth is you know and to be clear as you stated already the f.d.a. issued their guidance to reissue the guidance in 2015 for a 12 month for a period now every issue the guidance for 3 must appropriate so we need to honestly think about the role that stigma discrimination and criminalization has played for l.t. teach you communities especially black and brown to communities who really populate a lot of the southern states southern states who have not expanded medicaid i would at the government is to have an honest conversation around its role in the harm that is cost of the t. to people like me so we went into round the role of people and health disparities overseas you people have lacked in health insurance coverage we have asthma

contrary to popular belief many of us live in poverty and many of us experience homelessness of specially young people so cold it inherently impacts them so again the. government needs a saint how can actually invest in the lives of marginalized communities and system impact communities and eligible teach you the people of color are no different and this is beyond the united states right even though the f.d.a. covers the united states the u.s. food and drug administration this is a global crisis this is a global pandemic and l g t 2 communities across the world have always taught attention to the harm that governments have and they need to do a much better job to save our lives about their lives certainly most do it's interesting because the l.g.b. tucu community much like the african-american community has heightened vulnerability factors that make overnight take a lot more dangerous and life threatening to their communities both here in the states and around the world what precautions can members of. the community take to protect themselves during this pandemic but you would recommend. until someone

saying is that eligible teach you people can do of course is you know make sure that we are staying home and staying safe if we're able to do so right so of course you know i want to be honest around what it means to socially distance there are a lot of i would say dangerously untrue statements being made around black america and around you folks and young people where there is a lot of shame and blame being placed on these particular communities why aren't these cuz it's easy to blame us because we've always been blamed for causing most havoc and harm in this entire country despite this country causing havoc and harming our lives right so you know if it is saved and it's possible to do so people should stay safe but the truth is many of us including many black and brown square transferrable are essential workers so we have to have more interaction many of us in gauging good economies which means that we are drivers religious robbers were m. a lot amazon delivery drivers and so i think we're honest i think we have to have

an again an honest conversation with the role that only the local state and federal governments are having the people we also have to have our most honest conversation around the onus that is placed. on particular people when the root issues are institutions that have not really preparing for a pandemic and poor it is that we're not put in place would have mitigated a lot of the harm that has caused to a lot of the marginalized communities again we've seen race added now most of the communities will see black americans are between 13 and 30 percent in some states as like the population when the harm for some of these places in louisiana and detroit among others are 6 to 60 to 70 percent that is not because of race that is because of race and that distinguishing factor matters here i couldn't agree with you more i got to say thank you so much for coming on the bay and educating our viewers once again preston mitchell writer adjunct professor of law at georgetown law center pleasure sir thank you thank you such a pleasure. throughout history we have often looked to the night sky to find the

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my. gosh. one on one with frank luntz one of the best known pollsters in politics on this edition of politics. talk of the politicking on larry king on this edition of deep dive into the politics of the cove in 1000 pandemic with famed pollster frank luntz he says the president is walking a tightrope as he marches to the fall election was at maine and what are the implications for the campaign 2020 frank joins us from los angeles frank the most recent c.n.n. poll of polls shows that president trump's general 'd approval rating is.