breeding and salutations democrats and republicans are at war with each other little substance of change can happen in this clash of power different visions on basic things like what it means to be a democracy the role of the police what it actually even happened on january 6th and who won the 2020 presidential election republicans are leading the charge on misinformation lies and fighting to maintain a white supremacist status quo recently the centers for disease control and prevention c.d.c. added another wrinkle to the growing partisan divide c.d.c. director will show alinsky is on the defense after the agency told people who are fully vaccinated against kobe 19 if they can go without a mask the c.d.c. recommendation comes at an odd time considering america is nowhere near herd immunity to mask or not to mask that is the question

well masking bell along ideological lines from the very start conservative states largely refuse to mandate it in those states also have lower vaccination rates but more importantly how do restaurants bars grocery stores and other public spaces know who's vaccinated and who isn't will they be checking for vaccine cards or operating on an honor system these are the primary questions state and local governments are grappling with now wilensky made her sunday morning t.v. rounds with a stop on n.b.c.'s meet the press and at this to say this was not permission to shed masks for everybody everywhere this was really science driven individual assessment of your risk. well the problem with that statement is far too many americans never saw it as a threat to begin with and the c.d.c. updated guidance could bring unintended consequences. and some make matters more prickly the largest nurses union condemned the new c.d.c.

nasa guidance saying it's not based on science so who should we believe and may is mental health awareness month and all indicators point to disaster for americans particularly children the stressors of covert 19 job loss housing insecurity and school closures shot the rates of anxiety and depression through the roof with masking mental illness and a partisan divide it's time we start watching the hawks. on a cd you straight. to sleep see see this is the only state and city. place strays suggests least systemic deception is to late show which. some don't. welcome everybody to watching the hogs on the beach across the rio is on vacation

joining me now is infectious disease expert dr bob arnot good to see you again dr bob. in for a world. well dr bob i wish we were having a conversation under better circumstances but the c.d.c. its latest guidance is sending a lot of people into confusion the c.d.c. says the update is backed by the science particularly science driven by israel but doesn't israel have a much higher covert vaccination rate than the u.s. in or their risk associated with an asking america this sooner. great questions for thought for show us q runs the c.d.c. defy the brightest infectious disease expert of all time i had a chance to work with your team a couple films this year she's a phenomenal and a visual i think though that you know she has a weak team in terms of prevention at c.d.c. that almost everything wrong you weren't supposed to mass they only came to mask you rather than mass producing you know and 95 coffee high folks ration mass people

on it of these terrible massive provided like 3 percent protection the school guidance kept most schools closed this year you know or you know it ended up in thaddeus finalization high for a fresh mass and here in vermont we stay open all year so i think the advice is terrible for us on this earth you say the very one huge reduction that is sure has incredibly high vaccination very cut it has a very high vaccination rate and yeah the very few the hospitalizations serious goes for the vaccine trial and you pointed this out. 41 percent of republicans are getting the vaccine the united states is going to devolve into a series of many states are going to have green states like vermont you know we're number one in health care and for people colors well we're number one in terms of actually asian mississippi is number 51 vaccination 51 in terms of health you're going to have the states we have very low vaccination rates you have the various new insurgency of unity of all and it's going to be

a disaster the worst part though is to have all these to change source a you don't need a vastly more there was nothing intention but i love your expression of that is it's the law of unintended consequences that is the idea was to say hey you could have actually next great we're going to take off your mask you know what if you haven't got one yet here's a lure get the vaccine in your mask i think is a disaster i think it's very much like what you did back in february when he told the indian population that code is over the i.c.u. is were empty. a better life was normal and as you saw these huge religious schools and political rallies and what not the coach shot to the roof no one should through the roof here because that actually. but nonetheless i think you're going to see this law unintended consequences that were and you can see your number of sessions highlighted by the yankees. great food sections on the johnson and johnson back see more to come and you can jump the shark on me

a little bit here dr bob but so since you let into it private industry is already jumping on the mass mandates we have some of the biggest places starbucks target trader joe's and wal-mart they're all basing their is on some type of honor system they had do you have a vaccine do you not have a vaccine i'll take your word for it how can that possibly work and do you think this news d.c. mandate causes more problems specifically for state and local governments. huge problems for state governments especially in red states where there's no reason or a mask you know it's so interesting as you know a year ago felt worried you know they figured out how to cover the contact case tracy if you can contact to somebody with co if you were one of these mobile cabins and i slipped they went down to 0 number case the other than the chinese have done over the last year is that they have had vaccine passports and their passports as your vaccination status is in our animal as you have it has test results if you

want to partner we can move it or you have actually asked for we're underneath it we have a little piece of paper but now they're selling the us health challenge ones so there's no way of knowing who so so you know in the name of sort of an end you know not across human lives you know we're tens of thousands of more people because we don't have the right kind of actually passports like the chinese that you see you really know if somebody has a back seat it is not so you know is next step wise will be lost and to your point i think the largest nurses union actually agrees with you and they have condemned the c.d.c. got guidance saying quote this new if the feed guidance is not based on science does not protect public health and threatens the lives of patients nurses and other front line workers across the country now is not the time to relax protective measures and we are outraged that the c.d.c. has done just that we are still in the midst of the deadliest pandemic in

a century in york i wanted to that was sort of lovable were they shut down a year ago i mean it's as if we said hey you know i'm holding up deaths are down you don't have to wear a safe you don't anymore to take away the speed stuff it's ridiculous and i think part of my fundamental most important thing is the c.d.c. has cut the disease completely this is an area more numbers great article in wired just a couple of days ago in the in that you know because this is so. if you go through the year americans are walking the red zones to us apartments or you know whatever it is if you don't have the right kind of ventilation there then you know one can get the joke can become a super spread of this virus every claims you know we know that 2 things were great in rishon works and we know that hi folks mission x. words small change in those a way we learned what to do or taking away exactly at the moment top disaster. and we just have a very short amount of time left but i want to get your thoughts on this may is mental health awareness month and after the year we've all had stressors anxiety

and daily life figures have caused lives to spiral out of control during the pandemic 4 in 10 adults across the us reported symptoms of anxiety and depression what do you think it's going to take to get us back on track and do we have the infrastructure to support these critical mental health needs. also we don't have a new structure we want to do with. psychiatry massachusetts general hospital rated number one in the country is a couple interesting things one is it's ok not to be ok a lot of us are this sort of very large you of course to the inside. or you know some interest in them which is that a year ago 5 percent of their patients were told that's now it's like 95 percent so how can you tools we have tell us to conquer anybody in the country can he still holds the medicine rule solo allows people be able to access their care and that's you actually said that is a line really that tell us psychiatry is going to come to you said that rather than sit here under doctor's office and have your partner all the stress and anxiety in

your thumbs and whatnot sitting in front of us like our 1st you can actually do that the sort of extra layer of protection for you so i think the resources can be there if we use child psychiatry and if we have parents and alleges and brothers sisters will step up to say look you need help and i'm taking the extra step to get that help and dr bob i'm going to have to stop you there i totally agree with you as a matter of personal privilege i am doing tell a pair of the myself i can say that it works thanks for joining us and we look to have a new a very 6. model but. there seems to be no end in sight to the latest round of fighting between israeli forces and hamas the conflict started 2 weeks ago after violence broke out when israeli authorities in east jerusalem pushed 2 of the. palestinian families in order to make way for jewish settlers now an international call to stop ongoing bloodshed is falling on

deaf ears israel valves to push forward parties alex the hell of it as the story. as israel's iron dome takes 0 rockets fired by hamas a new day brings fresh is really strikes to the gaza strip. as the current round of violence enters its 2nd week. entire families were exterminated and their homes were demolished on top of their children by the raid that spread death terror and human remains in the rubble that destroyed buildings and streets the palestinian death toll is approximately 200 including $59.00 children a foot almost and then they are children 234 years old what did they do that made it necessary to kill them one of the targets the israelis were after they targeted their missiles at small children who did nothing wrong they were tome to pieces adding to the dead over 1200 palestinians have been injured and what some are

calling unprecedented attacks a journalist on the ground reporting for r t describe the scene as really intensive ever strikes are killing women and children inside their homes and it is important to note that israel did not send out 3 warning for these buildings this board before they bombarded them which is something the new 3 said didn't it as israel used to warn to people before they attempted to strike any building that is really saw it there have been at least 10 deaths including a 5 year old boy killed by hamas rockets while much of the world is asking for a cease fire to end the bloodshed including some of the u.n. the most urgent and depressing at this moment is to the cease fire and the stuff that is. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu is not ready to comply of us and our battle against

a terror organization continues in full force muscle we are charging very heavy prices from hamas mcqualter there are bearable aggression among the i.d.f. carried out attacks and more than $1500.00 targets during the last days according to the israeli military it has destroyed 15 kilometers of militant tunnels and the homes of 9 hamas commanders in addition this airstrike is said to have taken a hard hit the commander of the northern division of islamic jihad on saturday president joe biden spoke with palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas calling on hamas to seize rocket fire into israel in addition today abbas met with a u.s. diplomat in ramallah biden also talked to netanyahu get a reading his strong support for israel's right to defend itself while raising concerns about the safety come journalists in the war zone over the weekend an office tower which housed several international media organizations was destroyed

by the i.d.f. . netanyahu in his really military official said they've transmitted intelligence to the united states which shows hamas was using the building for their operations however the u.s. secretary of state while on a visit to denmark countered that claim i've not seen any information provided to the extent that it is based on intelligence that would have been shared with other colleagues and i'll leave that to them to assess. the efforts to stop the ballots are being blocked as u.s. representatives to the united nations continue to obstruct efforts by other countries who are asking for a joint statement from the u.n. security council which would condemn the violence and calls for a truce but not for watching the hawks i'm alex marquardt. as we go to break remember that you can also start watching the hawks on demand through the brand new portable t.v.'s available on all platforms coming up we explore how one

mississippian life in prison for marijuana possession and why you can't reform policing without qualified immunity stay tuned to watching the hawks. be 1st like when you all know was coming to inspect the property if somebody would've been told me to open them to spend my life to plan committees i'll talk to story corps in the solti was clear. every night although we were attacked by the arabs we will attacking them and we

will extremely shocked and saying that's not possible i'll meet those moved to such scenes and then the soldiers and myself and the work i'm sleeping to lose both wobbles and the house with all the prisoner we've all dealt with over the they all . believe much 2nd class citizens in the on call. it was like and i think in my head that there is no way to be able to live together without tearing down the street because. the world is driven by dreamers shaped by one person or those with.

the barriers thinks. we dare to ask. why the demick no certainly no borders and slide into nationalities. submerged little tidbits really we don't look like seem to be just sitting. judges. coming. this is this is the mother. ship and. everyone is contributing in your own way but we also know that this crisis still not go on forever the challenge is great if the response has been so many good people are helping us. it makes us feel very proud that we are in it together.

thanks to. any quality in racism or the foundations of the american criminal justice system blacks are charged at rates higher the whites serve longer sentences and year after year this cycle repeats itself. the war on drugs is ill fated and targeting as it is is doing exactly what it was designed to do case in point russell allen allen is a black man serving life in prison stemming from a marijuana conviction in mississippi that was uphill just this week the

mississippi court of appeals denied russell's appeal arguing he is a habitual offender that classification eliminated any judicial discretion and basically guarantees harsh sentencing even when the offense is nonviolent and i know what you might be thinking. 3 strikes laws and yes this is similar have been to offender statutes have a scrutiny across civil rights and criminal justice advocacy circles and poor really good reason they systemically attack blacks who are 3 times more likely to get arrested for marijuana infractions than whites even though use and possession rates are similar across both demographics in alan's case the 38 year old was found guilty of possession in 2019 but because he had 2 prior charges he is facing life but his case isn't unique the mississippi clarion ledger reported just last year that there were $86.00 have big issue of benders serving life without parole

because of convictions for nonviolent crimes just like alan. the bite administration for its part is working to make a campaign promise a reality police reform. but to get a police reform bill across democrats in the republican support it's no secret that police reform is needed last summer's george lloyd protests put the issue front and center and both sides could agree on that but the sticking point is qualified immunity republicans one except a bill that includes it progressive democrats one except one without it. but moderates like house majority whip james clyburn signaled that he's willing to compromise on joining us now just that's cool just to report and police accountability as former police officer and prosecutor authorizer good to see you up. there a life sentence for nonviolent offense things particularly egregious but allen's case is that rare a louisiana man was given life in prison for less than $30.00 of marijuana

considering states themselves are finding ways to profit off of marijuana why are these sentencing stater still occurring. i mean this is. over heritage front door and drugs and other types of drugs coming in who are just as measures that we saw kind of pop up and said i will say this is a business a bit of a misnomer. for marijuana. seriously which is you for. burglary and one for firearms. and just. look at past inventions an inter-meeting what you since it's going to be in fact you can go get things that you were going to vote for him to turn in your sentence but i think this really is a testament to how more addresses lost its way particularly kind of ignore what we know about. this individual. we know that all starts. people each out of crime. just stop committing crime after

a certain age and particularly in your early thirty's or there's no way we communicate this to all. and we kind of ignore these things as relates to sentencing and looking at past visions yes he well he had some serious which is an ast but i don't think we know about why. it's also that this last invitation is it indicative of a public sex concern policy concern really should be. what we're looking at if this individual is not dangerous then there's no reason to put it in a prison let alone who are going to prison for a license and that is a posture is it doesn't make it safer and it costs a lot of money and then you're right i mean the fact that so many black folk are held up in this way and this is not something that's not the start of california you kind of spread its way through its country it's been affected in the south and

really is a testament to why stop the war of drugs as it's currently being. and not there is there any value to the bishop and their laws and considering they have such a long history of abuse and structural racism do you think there is hope of having them rooted out. sure i actually do not like a visual for the precise reason i noticed when she was that it doesn't take into account what we actually know about why people commit crimes when people somebody who is incredibly violent. or the time i think they're. really kind of off the edge as it were me it's. like a mission people just don't do good things as they get older i mean i used to be an avid snowboarder a historical. 3 months ago and i decided i'm never going to get just you all for the same thing that happens with any type of behavior that people the other thing

about have visual laws is that when you create a system that doesn't have a lot of. people who have those. are the ones the economy quieter and in this country you know the police traditionally and historically have been. minorities and children and the fact is it's not you know rich black people who get caught and this is some it's not rich white people it's primarily corridor the jewels and then grants to the. visuals that almost always get wrapped up in this good it doesn't make to see if i could look at the data in the data. yet you know what the flaws actually are streets safer i would have a much harder time sitting here telling you that restructure. don't work i mean this is goes back to also the 'd. children back in the eighty's joe action they can see because the only is

a pretty should probably be in there. and moving on to qualified immunity i know you've written a lot about it you've spoken a lot publicly about it qualified immunity has become one of the most controversial legal theories can you explain to our audience what it is exactly and why criminal justice reform advocates argue it has to end before any true police reform can take place. yes surely the real criticism qualified immunity started as a weapon for free black people after the civil war about why it was designed it was just a problem maybe that the law that said you can sue the government or file your constitutional rights and what happened in the sixty's that the powers that be got nervous and civil rights leaders were more sophisticated and then started using makes it through i was. 18 if you want to actually go and change the way that they thought snape was was reply and so we come up with this judgement

doctrine which is quite crazy as i'm a conservative you know support this now because they hate just me doctrines and the judge it's pretty simple it basically says that if even if we can prove that your constitutional rights were violated you have to go to the 2nd step and show that that was clearly established within that jurisdiction within federal law or state. anyway rats because. we want to give some kind of a barrier and ensure that police officers and other government actors this is always talk of cops but it applies to everyone and she and given the layer of protection so i mean call a mini is protected cops who you know shop actually. you know man who is lying on the floor prone you know while they were ether or a fairly pass it protected a police officer who purposely allowed his dog sick and by an individual who was

a river in handcuffs and you're the one that blows me away i also stole money during the search were prosecuted for that and we're still protected under the civil side underqualified me rather protect officers who act in good faith often he has metastasized injury and you are completely. you know we were wrong and this is that's what you know this is about me he says but i just want to give you a really quick you know are there i wish we could but we are really running up against the clock here i'm definitely going to have to have you back on to give us that last piece there byron passion was definitely there thank you so much arthur rising. and that is our show for you today and remember everyone in this world we're not told we're loved enough so i tell you i love you i'm amazed across people watching those thoughts and have a great day and night if. that's

geysers fine it will survive they say money to develop. close to these if this is a central plank support dying a problem is i don't call them i know it's a stop to that. new york is really what america is about. when our mayor took our 1st she was elected because of his campaign on our city being a tale of 2 cities the haves and the have nots and those who have not are usually the ones who wind up being buried on hard out of the city has always wanted to

forget about iowa city just want to forget about the people who are buried there want to forget about the fact that there is a potter's field but there is a place where difficult stories started the fact they were using inmates to maintain this act as burial site. where 1000000 souls are buried where so much of new york city's history is buried is the cement of the inequality that existed in the city for centuries. seemed wrong why don't we all just all. get to shape out these days become educated and engage with equals betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart when she's to look for common ground.

the number of victims grows as israel's shelling of gaza enters a 2nd week coming up speaks to a 10 year old girl who witnessed the destruction of her own neighborhood. every day at night or at least been in 3 years the missile in the mornings we hear the cries and screams of people i'm just trying every day china's up myself up. i have. the time the air raid sirens continue to sound in israel with pensioners particularly vulnerable to a tug they were. in nearly all of them alone if. it's holidaying in towns like that what keeps me strong. enough stuff.