insurance system is also putting people's lives at risk a post by a nurse was widely shared on facebook eric smith recalled the final words he heard from a patient who was put on a ventilator they were who's going to pay for it the nurse spoke without. it was really sad because someone who is you know potentially going to die the last thing you should be worried about is how to pay for their health care it's speaks to a misallocation of you know we have almost endless discretionary spending for militarism . we recently just you know injected $1.00 trillion dollars into the stock market you know just that. but when it comes to health care you know the constant question is who's going to pay for it which is the same question as the patient ironically. and you know it just shows where the priorities are i don't know that it's necessary to have a multi-billion dollar annual military budget you know which with our allegedly hartmann of defense where i think a real honest effort to defend would be with providing care for our citizens especially with the amount of people that just lost their insurance th

eric smith is the attorney general of the state of missouri, the first state to sue china over the wuhanr coronavirus. tell us about this suit that you have filed. >> it's become clear in recent weeks, the deception and misrepresentation, the concealment of the chinese government and the origins of this vicious virus, it has impacted the entire globe, no part of the world has been spared from the coronavirus. the fact is the chinese government misrepresented the human to human contact and transmission early on, they punished and concealed the evidence from whistle-blowers and the impact has been devastating, loss of life in missouri, nearly 6,000 cases, 200 deaths. people not being allowed to see folks in nursing homes or funerals, people living paycheck to paycheck and have lost their jobs - -- it's enormous. our state legislature goes in next week to try to craft a state budget under the circumstances, i felt it's incumbent upon me as the states legal officer to prosecute that case to the chinese government. they are responsible for this and the responsibility lies directly at their fe

it's not quite that simple, but eric smith the attorney general with us right now.ood to have you. you're the only state in the country that has taken this move, but it's very tough to extract money or to sue a foreign country, so you'd have to change some, i guess, rules here first, wouldn't you? >> well, actually, here is what we know so far is that the chinese government is engaged in a campaign of deceit and deception and misrepresentations, misled the world in critical weeks in december and january about the nature of this virus, this deadly virus that's been unleashed to the world. and what we've got now is untold human loss, no part of the world has been spared, including my home state, we have over 200 lives lost and 6,000 cases so you have a real human toll, people separated from their families, not being able to go to nursing homes to visit loved ones and funeral homes. the economic loss to missouri at least $44 billion. ten of billions for our state. and our legislature goes back next week to try to craft from these circumstances. and these are concerns w

eric: wow. definitely words to the wise. professor tara smithso much for your advice and insight on the rural areas. people sometimes, in all this media coverage, can forget about them. but we will stay on that here on the fox news channel. thank you so much. >> thank you. arthel: indeed, we will,ing eric. well, listen, a week after severe weather devastated parts of the south, more violent storms are expected in the area today and tomorrow. a tornado watch now in effect in parts of louisiana and mississippi. christina coleman is tracking all of this from our west coast bureau, and here she is with more. hi, christina. >> reporter: hi, arthel. right now millions of people are bracing for a second round of severe storms from east texas to south carolina, and, again, this is just one week after deadly storms swept through the south, killing at least 36 people and unleashing more than 100 tornadoes. a tornado watch has been issued for parts of louisiana and mississippi until 7 p.m. central time. the national weather service predicts severe thunders

. >>> joining me now, congressman adam smith of washington state, chairman of the house armed services committee. and congressman eric swalwell of california who served on the house intelligence committee. gentlemen, your two states were sort of the leading edge on some of the tip of the spear for what we're seeing rolling out across the entire country. and senator -- representative smith, congressman smith, i'll start with you, how are things going in terms of washington state and bending that curve of new cases and deaths? >> they're going better in our state. the statistics have shown. there is still a lot we do not know. the we don't have the type of testing we need across the country. listening to what you were talking about with senator smith, the most important message i want to deliver to the country is we need to massively ramp up production of crucial equipment. 3m is focused on personal protection equipment, like masks. we really need to increase that production, but the next wave is te testing. we still don't have anywhere -- to say we don't have anywhere near the testing we need is the understatement of