the left side door gunner was also a huey crew chief. he was responsible for the maintenance operations on the aircraft. crew chiefs also had other duties, one of which was monitoring the amount of weight being placed on board when we were hauling cargo. we could all about a ton, in addition to the crew into door guns and ammo and fuel. the typical aircraft load on a combat assault would be seven infantry, four troopers sat on the bench seat to the back of the cargo area facing forward, one on the jump seat. there were more than 400 helicopters assigned to the division, so the outfit could a large number of infantry and one lift, if need be. that happened on occasion. the much more typical air combat assault involved moving a company of infantry, perhaps 125 troopers, escorted by two gunships. this is a huey cobra. two crew members, both pilots. the aircraft commander sat in the rear seat. he would fly the cobra, aim the entire aircraft in order to fly fixed -- in order to fire fixed ordinance on the wings. the cobra is armed with four r

weathermen were or what the bonus army march was for that matter what the various by police movements from huey long duration was throwing the u.s. . so not having that historical background and not that alien there standing the current happenings and care and disturbances through the lens of historic view it may seem on the usual it may seem unique even though these events are not not that unique jason you know in in the aftermath of the attack on the capital many u.s. government officials many commentators and pundits in the u.s. have been repeating this line that you know this is not america that what happened is not a representation of america and many of them have been comparing what happened in the nation's capital to violent scenes that have played out in other parts of the world but then there are a lot of others who say that this is a representation of where america is at right now that this is america and that nothing can be improved until that reality is processed and recognized what do you say. so i agree with the comments victor just made that this is not some radical break from fr

pattern and program for a very large health care system in new york city and so i have a unique you know huey where. just about snacks in heaven and you know are seeing a lot on health care because now i think the one thing that i'll just quickly mention is the term health care. crisis not just nurses and their doctors and you know that but it includes so many other professionals in deeper into this topic but just want to start the tour now the term health care workers as a very broad term and will to still stand up a bit more about that absolutely and dr blank great to have you back on the street remind everybody when you're based what. very very rainy day to be back on your show argue my name is anonyma to search our environments but when they're out and out on the fear based in bhopal attention in india and i work at the intersection of ethics on public health so very much of just and that's sure that we're discussing today. doesn't that made a really good point about health care as an include i'm thinking about the health care workers who are going to be on the front lines of code 19 when

. >> stephen: there's a quote that is sometimes attributed to huey long and sometimes saint claire lewisit will be cloaked in american flags." was this an attempted fascist coup? american terrorism? how would you characterize it? >> i characterize it as a coup attempt. the good thing about the united states is the guardrails, the constitution will hold. but the one thing it does show us is the fragility of democracy. and when you have people storming the capitol, saying things like 1776, a few people with confederate flags come and occupy the capitol, you see guns drawn in the people's chamber, you know, where this debate is supposed to happen and you see a president non-repentant on twitter, it's absolutely a coup attempt. that's exactly what we'd call it if it happened in belarus or any other country. >> stephen: i'm sure you've seen the photograph of the security officers in the chamber of the house with their guns drawn pointed at the broken window of that famous door that we all see the president walk through for the state of the union, that you walk through every day as a part of y

if you go back to father coughlin inhe 1930's, huey long, george wallace, always a significant personhe american popation th has lent itself forcg itself in right-wing and antidemocratic terms. now they have a leader in e white house. to what degree was this any opportunism that trump took advantage of to unleashhe mob aspposedo a cp where metals terry leaders ricky officials national cheerleaders got togeth to plan and overthrow? >> i would emphasize it is importantly not get to lost in definitional disagreements about whether we're going to say coup or insurrection. the american republic is hanging by a thread because the president of the united states sought to use violence to stay in power and essentially overthrow our constitutional system. there is broad agreement about that. i have been calling it for a coup for months for the following reasons. or coup attempt, to be precise. it is been clear for a long time mr. trump has set himself that he intends to stay in power after losing the election. that has been his language for more than six months. he has been trying to bring the

he is more in line with the benedict arnold, joe mccarthy, huey long kind of figure.'s club. he's in for a rude awakening. he does still have power these next few days, but as soon as he leaves the oval office, he's down in mar-a-lago, all presidents are shocked by having power and then none. his twitter is shut down. facebook is shut down. he will be looking for alternative right-wing media platforms and will find the full force of the law coming after him. not just problems with sedition but the new york southern district. >> so much more. gentlemen, forgive me. i'm out of time. i want to hand it to jake. doug and harry, thank you. jack tapper and "the lead" starts right now. >>> welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. we begin with the politics lead in the final eight days of the trump presidency. today as he faces his second impeachment, he's claiming his remarks before a crowd of supporters were, quote, totally appropriate. they were, of course, not. the president spread election lies for months, essentially pouring gasoline on the nation. and then the morning of

. >> commissioner huey. >> yes. >> commissioner laguana. >> yes. >> commissioner ortizca take gina. >> yes. >> commissioner zouzounis. >> yes. >> motion passes 6-0. >> next item, please. >> item 9. general public comment to allow members of the public to comment on items not on today's calendar and suggest new agenda items. discussion item. >> any members of the public to make a comment on an item or matter not on today's agenda? >> there is nobody in queue for public comment. >> public comment is closed. next item. >> 10. director's update and report on the office of small business and the small business assistance department programs, announcements from the mayors. discussion item. >> thank you and good evening, commissioners. a good deal of -- not a good deal but a significant chung of the report was to review the key items from today's announcements. dr. phillips covered a good portion of it. i do want to note we will also likely have updates to signage and some minor changes to operational requirements. as we are out talking with new businesses about moving -- with the reopening

. >> commissioner huey. >> yes. >> commissioner laguana. >> yes. >> commissioner ortizca take gina. >> yes. >> commissioner zouzounis. >> yes. >> motion passes 6-0. >> next item, please. >> item 9. general public comment to allow members of the public to comment on items not on today's calendar and suggest new agenda items. discussion item. >> any members of the public to make a comment on an item or matter not on today's agenda? >> there is nobody in queue for public comment. >> public comment is closed. next item. >> 10. director's update and report on the office of small business and the small business assistance department programs, announcements from the mayors. discussion item. >> thank you and good evening, commissioners. a good deal of -- not a good deal but a significant chung of the report was to review the key items from today's announcements. dr. phillips covered a good portion of it. i do want to note we will also likely have updates to signage and some minor changes to operational requirements. as we are out talking with new businesses about moving -- with the reopening