>> host: doctor marty mcgarry joining us, author of the book the price you pay: what broke american healthcare and how to fix it. the professor and surgeon at johns hopkins university. taking your phone calls this morning on a phone line. but up regionally if you are an eastern or central time zone, 2027 for ##8-0000, mountain or pacific, (202)748-8001 and if you haven't picked up the book is now out in paperback and you can pick up today's wall street journal on the opinion pages of today's wall street journal and that is doctor marty mcgarry with the power of natural immunity. what is that? >> guest: that is what you have the infection and it turns out that about half the country meets that criteria. 10% of the country has been confirmed to have tested positive for covid and that is about 10% of americans. for every one person that tested positive there is for five or six people who have had the infection but not tested positive. all in all upwards of 50% of the country has had natural immunity and the zero prevalence studies of antibodies and the random population in california support thos

john: author of the book the price we pay with american healthcare and how we fix it this is dr. marty makary a professor and surgeon at johns hopkins university and take your phone calls this morning on phone lines. if you're in sometimes on, and if you're in the mountain pacific times on, (202)748-8001 and if you have not picked up the book, is now out in paperback, you can also pick up wall street journal on the opinion pages of the wall street journal, that is dr. marty makary the power of natural immunity. what is that predict. marty: is what you get from having the infection and it turns out that about half the country meets our criteria. about 10 percent of the country what is that predict. marty: is what you get from having the infection and it turns out that about half the has been confirmed to tested positive for covid-19 that is about 10 percent of americans. every one person to tested positive, is probably four or five or six people who had the infection but not tested positive so all in all, 50 percent of the countries had a natural immunity. in studies of antibodies

. >> host: the price we paid what broke american healthcare and how to fix it now out in paperback. i should note that doctor, by and large americans have not had to worry about the price we pay for covid treatments or shots but is it going to continue to be that way? should americans or when will american start having to worry about the price we pay for that? >> guest: look, i think we need to change the lexicon. when people say i did not have to pay medicare well guess what, that money -- >> good afternoon. it is wonderful to be here in the great hall with the dedicated staff of the civil rights division. joined by my deputy and associates attorney general and buyer newly arrived assistant attorney general kristen clark. welcome. i have tremendous respect for the work you do everyday to protect civil rights for everyone in america. i was sworn in as attorney general exactly three months ago and that time i had a chance to work directly with several of you on some of the most consequential matters in the justice department. i consulted with the division in connection with the openi

and how american healthcare needs to change and the impact of the pandemic on the healthcare system. bob while released me, critical race. the threat to american culture and the evangelical church. and former senior advisor in the biden administration talks about the us response to the coronavirus pandemic. that starts tonight at 7:00 pm eastern. find more information on booktv.org or consult your program guide. ... >> welcome to another live talk. we invite you to visit and subscribe to our channel for over 300 conversations and follows on twitter facebook and instagram enter handle is live talks la and will discuss new books and politics of catastrophes. niall ferguson is the author of 16 books including civilizations, the great degeneration of kissinger 1923 - 1968 idealist and effective money. senior fellow at stanford university.

what broke american healthcare and how to fix it which comes out in paper back tomorrow. dr.s a tragedy. it is important to get the facts right, though. what's happening in almeida county and could we see it elsewhere? >> certainly we'll see it elsewhere. it has been happening in other counties around the country for sure. counties decide whether or not to follow the guidelines of the state or cdc and how they report cases. i can tell you on the ground it is not collected and reported as neatly and cleanly as everybody thinks. these are sometimes paper death certificates tallied in some areas. i think it has happened in other places but i don't think it has been a systemic problem prior because there haven't been other people in the hospital besides serious covid patients before. >> harris: i want to move to this. a cdc study finds the covid-19 hospitalization rate for teenagers is rising. three times the rate of flu-related hospitalizations. in january the covid hospitalization rate for children ages 12-17 peaked at 2.1 per 100,000 people. it fell to 0.6 in march but then sh

how american healthcare has changed as well as the impact of the pandemic on the healthcare system. write books editor in chief reflecting on the books tenth anniversary. critical race theory is a threat to american culture and evangelical church and former senior advisor and biden administration talking about the u.s. response to the coronavirus pandemic. that starts tonight 7:00 p.m. eastern. find more at booktv.org or phone complete your program guide. >> on "afterwards", our interview program washington post staff writer john woodrow cox reported on the effects of nonviolence on children in america. a portion of a discussion. >> i've written about childhood trauma a few years before coming to the post and my editor at the post who later helped that with the book as well, she asked me if i might break interested in a project about children and fresh because we felt like that was a subject under covered talk about telling the story through kids eyes which is pretty rare in the media so in the early 2017, i started to research this with a broad idea in mind, very quickly realized h

mike: to your book, the price we pay, what broke american healthcare and how to fix it.have a new section based on recent events. doctor: i do have a section looking at covid. early on in the pandemic we were asking the most basic questions as a country, how does it spread, how many people are asson tomatic, when are you most contagious, none of the questions were answered by gigantic health business. $40 billion at the nih, not a dime pivoted to answer those questions, so as a result we had a vacuum of answers and political opinions filled that vacuum. mike: all right, sounds like a great father's day gift if my family is watching. dr. marty makary, we wish you well. thank you very much for your time. doctor: thanks, mike. mike: new addition of royal family, more on that right after this break. ♪ ♪ ♪ keeping your oyster business growing has you swamped. you need to hire. i need indeed. indeed you do. when you sponsor a job, you immediately get your shortlist of quality candidates, whose resumes on indeed match your job criteria. visit indeed.com/hire and get started tod

stands to benefit from being in the united states, nobody stands tos beneft from getting free american healthcareation? that's such an insane consistent c it us so intellectually dishonest, unserious at every level. the reality is, vice president harris doesn't believe it. she doesn't believe it for one second. nor does president biden. nor do their staffs. they came in with a goal to dismantle border security and that's what they're doing. maria: we had 180,000 apprehensions at the border in may alone. that doesn't include all the got-aways. stephen miller, great to get your perspective on all of this. thank you so much. steven miller joining us this morning. when we come back, lindsey graham called it extortion, my next guest says it was astonishing. president biden's flip-flop on an infrastructure deal. how much credibility did biden lose with the senators he claimed to have unified with and was actually anything accomplished att all? senator john barrasso on biden's radical agenda, next. t all? t all? senator john ♪ sometimes you wanna go ♪ ♪ where everybody knows your name ♪ ♪♪ ♪ and they're

surgeon and professor policy at johns hopkins university author of the book price we pay with american healthcaren paperback the section looking back on covid-19. one conclusion that you come to doctor, it is clear that her entire healthcare system was too slow and too rigid to respond quickly to the coronavirus pandemic. what was the main reason for that slowness, that frigidity and learned some of the lessons needed here.

try to make something good out of it and just so happens that a vote was happening with the american healthcare child's life. it should not happen. a lot of people watched it and republicans and democrats responded to it. so it just showed that late night becomes the place where the hosts are there to help us process america. >> i believe in my heart that billy and jimmy were significant parts of keeping the affordable care act. >> a lot of things were happening in america that needs processing. it's coming back to you now... real pants. find amex offers to save on the brands you love. one of the many things you can expect when you're with amex. never seen anything like it. garnier brightening serum cream. i'm obsessed with vitamin c. one product and it does it all. yay, spf! garnier brightening serum cream. already more than 1000 5 star reviews. by garnier, naturally. there you go. ♪ here's what you spent last month. ♪ this will help with the itching. ♪can i have a taste of your ice cream?♪ ♪can i lick the crumbs from your table?♪ ♪can you hear those people behind me?♪ ♪go mind your own busine

because when we did the affordable care act we did so to lower the cost of healthcare for all americans and we did. exceptin one area , the cost of prescription drugs. this is something we will persist on and when we prevail, to enable us to expand benefits in medicare, to dental, visual, healing and the rest, it's hundreds of billions of dollars that will be saved. this is a core value for us and we have great support in our caucus and have had over 15 years. [inaudible] in the house, one or two. i think that at the end of the day is do you want to vote to enable pharmaceutical companies to have america's families subsidize lower cost of prescription drugs in other countries? where they're paying three, four, five times less that we are paying as we subsidize research and development? i think that i don't even see it being 10, maybe you do but i've got a different response to them on what they would vote for as part of lowering the cost of prescription drugs in the united states and not subsidizing the cost of prescription drugs and other countries and enhancing the pockets of the phar

as know today 31 million americans have received healthcare to the affordable care act. 's in a a store number and over the last three months as result of the special enrollment period issued by the president more than 1 million americans were able to receive their healthcare coverage. so we will continue to expand that whether it's under medicaid, under the marketplace. we want to explore all the opportunities to continue to give all americans the opportunity to have healthcare as a right, not just a privileg privilege. >> mr. secretary, similar to our ways and means discussion draft of the building an economy femmes act the president budget proposed historic investment in childcare to make it more affordable and available, upgrade childcare infrastructure to make it better and safer, , d raise wages for childcare workforce which we know predominantly is women of color. secretary becerra, we stand ready to work with you in this crucial part of the president's plan for strong economic recovery. could you tell us more about how making this long-term investment in childcare

her confirmation hearing we were told again and again she was the vote against healthcare and strip millions of americans of their healthcare. the posters and testimonies, it was the theme of her confirmation battle. she voted in the 7 to turn away the challenge to the law so it stands. >> harris: shannon bream, thank you very much. president biden is back at the white house after accomplishing no major breakthroughs during his meeting with russia president putin. now the questions come over whether president biden gave up leverage. some experts are warning the president showed his hand way too early to russia leaving the u.s. in a weakened negotiation position before the summit even began. former secretary of state mike pompeo calls the summit a disaster. senator lindsey graham says biden faltered and just doesn't get it. >> my takeaway is that biden has no idea who putin is. the entire democracy -- here is what biden doesn't understand. putin could give a damn what you think about him. the only thing he will respond to is when you threaten his power. i saw nothing coming out of this summit threatening

associated with four times greater lowering of co- mortality among african americans in regards to specialties selection on healthcareaxis when african-american, hispanic latino and indian physicians are more likely to become primary care physicians and provide care in underserved communities. ranked number one, number two, and number three the haskell of madison, meharry medical college and howard university college of medicine have the highest social mission scores for medical schools. the combined composite taken into account the percentage of graduates who practice primary care, work and health professional shortage areas and who are underrepresented in medicine. so proposed remedies? yes i am in agreement with everyone here. priority should be given to funding more primary care, gme positions were hospitals within rural and urban health professional shortage areas or medically underserved areas. yes, priority should also be given to funding more primary care physicians or hospitals affiliate with medical schools with higher social mission scores. and in addition, i want to focus on program that the national medi

author of the forthcoming book "the price we pay" what broke american healthcare and how to fix it dra medical expert like you. >> i think what we noticed in these emails, brian, there is an absence of any real sense of urgency sounding the alarm. by early march, just days before the shutdown his strongest warning was simply to tell old people not to take cruises. hundreds of leaders in the united states were emailing throughout february and early march begging him to understand what should they be doing? how should they prepare? should they take this seriously? absent was any real sounding of the alarm when many of us were around there is a hey, a little help from dr. fauci would be appreciated as we are trying to prepare the country. brian: on this whole mask debate, wherever you stand on it, we know he flip flopped on it we also know in science magazine that chinese scientist who is a friend of his was critical saying why aren't americans being told to mask up? and then he quickly wrote back and said to them sorry, that reporter messed with my words. i would never say something lik

it's an excellent example of how grass supports the work in a developing country the healthcare of american citizens. in other wordsds pediatric nonsurgical workforce, 86%) country, and low and middle income countries, 330 pediatric neurosurgeons care for 1.2 billion. the regions of the highest volume of hydrocephalus, this is where childreneo benefit the mot by avoiding a lifetime of shunt dependence and requirements for future neurosurgical maintenance. present the help cap gap of hydrocephalus will require training and equipping neurosurgeons of the developing world. this training will be especiallw important in the national referrals hospitals academic centers for new national neurosurgeons to be trained with the goal of training the trainers. a number of organizations have been involved to provide care for children including pureen international, the foundation and some of the international societies like the world federation and international society ofro pediatric surgeon. nonprofit focused on training, helps to focus on training and mentoring, neurosurgeons and forn centers responsi

americans have signed up? >> i think the longer the law went on, the more it became entrenched in the healthcare system, the more court. it came up in arguments for those defending the law talking about the millions of americans who would face the possibility of having to now find another source for their healthcare if it were to go away. the first big giant case heard years ago that wasn't the case. over the years numerous legal challenges all across the country and back at the supreme court and i think that's definitely become part of the calculation about the reality of how it would play out if they struck down the law or major parts of it. >> dana: last question to you, karl. how big an issue will this be in 2022 for the mid-terms? >> healthcare will be a big issue. i'm not convinced that obamacare will be a big issue. healthcare will be a big issue. we don't know what the conditions in the country will be next fall. we know the economy will be number one in all likelihood and healthcare in recent elections has the ended to be number two, three or four below that. >> bill: shannon bream and karl rove. nice t

we also want to see action to make sure all americans have access to affordable healthcare breed that includes through medicare, medicaid, ensuring we have the affordable care act which is already brought millions and millions healthcare and affordable rate in 2010 vice president biden said this. the spread of nuclear weapon is the greatest threat with the country and humanity. that us whiteware working both to stop their proliferation and eventually eliminate them. yet the presidents budget expands almost every nuclear program proposed by the previous administration. funds the new nuclear arms seat missile which present obama retyped the full support of the navy. that then try saw to restart and now this budget gives its first funding, is that correct? >> yes. i also want to assure you we are at the beginning of a process were undertaking our nuclear review. >> that review is very, very important. as you know just last august present biden pledge to bring us closer to a world without nuclear weapons so the horrors of shame hiroshima and nagasaki are never reported. the next density l

more than 20000000 americans who would have immediately lost their healthcare insurance in the middle of this pandemic. and ever since president obama passed this law as his signature achievement, it has only grown in popularity among americans. we see evidence of that as more congressional republicans are backing away from what was once the parties battle cried to overturn the affordable care act. and today, how speaker nancy pelosi, leader of the democrats, called this supreme court decision, landmark victory for the party. and this is a victory that surely the biden whitehouse will be celebrating today as well this time. so they will indeed, heidi is your customer there with all the latest on the obamacare routing from washington d. c. thanks heidi. now businesses across lebanon are closed on thursday. as part of a general strike against deterioration, economic conditions, protest as of blocked roads and barriers and other cities and their calling for the government to do more to deal with the west in crisis. the currency has been in free for months, and the well bank says economic

however, the pandemic has laid bare the historic racial inequities that exist in our healthcare system for so many americans. my constituency in the black belt of alabama is aware of the pervasive, systemic, and institutional influence that have influenced and contributed to the disparities in healthcare. as is true in so many areas of healthcare, a lot of the problems center around access to care, and trust in the medical and scientific community. a specific area that i'd like to focus on today is cancer. a disease that takes over 600,000 american lives every year, and one that minority and rural populations are especially burdened by due to the higher rates of late-stage diagnosis. experts tell us that one of the most important ways to beat cancer is to catch it early before it spreads. if you or your loved one is diagnosed with cancer, the very next word that you want to hear is, but we've caught it early enough. i have sponsored last congress and this congress a bipartisan bill called the medicare multiple cancer early detection screening coverage act, a bill that i am pleased to be co-sponsoring with c

support for work in a developing country has benefited the healthcare of american citizens. of the world's pediatric neurosurgical workforce, 86% operated high income countries. low income countries around 330 pediatric neurosurgeons care for a total of pediatric population of 1.2 billion. the regions with the highest volume of hydrocephalus and have the fewest neurosurgeons because of our children -- by avoiding a lifetime of shunt dependent and its requirement for future neurosurgical maintenance. closing the healthcare gap for hydrocephalus will require training and equipment neurosurgeons in the developing world. this training will be especially important if the national referral hospitals and academic centers where new national neurosurgeons will be trained. with the goal of training the trainers. number of organizations have been called and work to provide care for children including reached end of the foundation, beth leakage, and some of the international neurosurgical societies like the world federation of neurosurgery and the international society of pediatric neur

benefits so in the middle of a healthcare pandemic we have people losing healthcare so this has been a huge plus under the american rescue plan. it's for six months and if i was looking ahead at what congress can do they often had to requalify for healthcare. right when we were shut down right in the middle of the pandemic we had people losing healthcare. i can't think of anything more impactful that came under the american rescue plan then 100% cobra rescue. >> senator scott, you are recognized. >> can we talk about some of the challenges that they've had with labor shortages? can you talk about some of the issues that your industries had with labor shortages? when you were governor you increased by 50%. certainly the economics are continuing to drive the visitors to the sunshine state has put even more strain on the labor market. it also has affected wages. it isn't something talked about anymore as employers are paying significantly more than minimum wage. one of the things that is interesting is teens are less and less inclined to participate in summer jobs and traditionally summer time is when you go back and

start with a video in 2017 of what it was like when republicans trying to shut down healthcare for million of americansn the past when you are talking about healthcare, hey, defend this policy and republicans you can't gut it and hold your ground and etcetera, etcetera, really whate looking at right now. we've got a situation where i am as critical of joe biden as the next person, but his hands are kind of tied by two senators. so where do you target the protests on two senators who don't seem like they want to move on the issue? >> yeah. well, i just first of all get chills watching those videos. i love those memories of seeing people show up and making their voice heard. what they were showing up is to prevent the repeal of the american care act. people showed up. they need their voices heard. they scared their own representatives. their representatives were worried there was going to be political repercussions for not doing it and they backed off. it was successful, this grassroots pressure in its finest. now what we have is i would say the opposite side of that coin. we have a democratic trifecta a

. >>> 30 million americans are waking up with their healthcare intact after the supreme court upheldjobina has more. >> reporter: in a 7-2 decision, the conservative leaning court voted against texas and 17 other republican-led states. the court ruled that the states had not suffered any injury that would give them the right to suit. former president obama obama ob this saying the ruling reaffirmed what we knew was here to say. stephen bier, the oldest serving judge is being pressured to step down. he was call lad remarkable jurist but it's best for the company if he steps down no one can force a sitting justice to step down and justice breyer is showing no indication he is ready to go. >> thank you. >>> juneteenth will be observed for the first time as a federal holiday. president biden signed the bill that made it official. juneteenth celebrates the date the last remaining slaves found out they were free, years after the emancipation proclamation was signed. michael strahan sat down and talked to president obama. >> the racial reckoning, a lot of people felt like they lost hope. ho

healthcare policies in the u.s. congress is bipartisan in their strong urging of all americans to get the vaccine. and i want to thank my colleagues for their strong commitment and doctor joyce and all the other doctors on the committee for being so outspoken. with that, i want to introduce the witnesses. first is nick offerman, actor and woodworker and i would like to say welcome. i am a big fan and i know other members of the committee are as well. the director of the institute at yale university and doctor j garcia executive vice president and chief operating officer of the test for americans health. the executive director of vaccinated your family, and now i am going to recognize mr. griffin to introduce the last witness. >> thank you, madam chair. >> i appreciate it. it's my time to recognize karen shelton of virginia who received her bachelor's from wake forest and medicine from virginia. she practiced for 19 years in ob/gyn. today she serves the virginia department as a health district acting director we are glad to have you here today and proud of the work you're doing for southwestern vir

should act swiftly to include the american jobs and family plans these critical issues. >> congresswoman, one thank you for everything you have done around the issue of healthcare the budget is very clear the president wants us the action, bold action on prescription drug prices. as a fundamental problem with americans not only to their tax dollars with medicare program paying too much for drugs in this country. we asked congress to work this year to bring those costs down. we think that will save lisa half a trillion dollars. also it is the action to make sure all americans have access to affordable healthcare prey that includes their medicare, medicaid ensuring we have additional dental, vision, hearing services also strengthening the affordable care act which is already brought millions and millions in healthcare at an affordable rate. >> thank you director. shifting gears, and 2010 then vice president biden said this for the spread of nuclear weapons is the greatest threat facing the country and humanity. toh stop the proliferation and eventually eliminate them" forget the presidents button expands by the previous administration that funds the new nuclear a

an expensive drug the millions of americans rely on because the healthcare system more than $2 billion annually. and i can tell you that this drug cost medicare beneficiaries a . penny. very familiar with many people that have those, they cost a lot of money. more than seven years companies file application to develop a lower cost of generic of this drug. the fda has still not approved a single application created as a result, patients are still playing the increasingly high brand name drug and will you commit to prioritizing and review of complex generic drug applications and ensuring that patients receive it access to more affordable medications. >> absolutely. janet: that is one of our high priorities within the drug center as well as getting similar applications out there to lower cost for biological products when they are legally available. in their spending a lot of work on research are complex generic and biological products so that we can actually get more affordable versions on the market. >> it is really burdensome for so many people there. i lit a bicameral letter to you in

very high on his agenda to get rid of obama care of the affordable healthcare act, which brought health insurance to 31000000 americans. because unlike in other industrialized countries that has not been a law in the united states, that it was telling its citizens to have health insurance, the republicans have always argued this is too expensive. it's a very individual decision. if you want to be insured or not, the democrats in contrast, arguing that they want to protect low income families and also the middle class of course, republican states. now, as you mentioned, including texas suit against a part of this law, which was essentially a penalty. if you were not insured, you had to have a penalty. you have to have to pay a penalty. the supreme court now deciding that no the states are not in charge, they don't have the legal standing to take that to the supreme court. and this is not the 1st time the court has rejected. republican attack on the bama k. now it's been the 3rd time, in fact, there have been decisions made by the supreme court in 2012 in 2015. and now again, always by the way, with a different legal re

americans. let's start with gender-affirming healthcare for transgender youth.aws could limit or ban hormone therapies or gender confirmation surgeries. arkansas's state senate notably overrode the governor's veto to pass the law in april. . >> house bill 1570 would put the state as the definitive oracle of medical care overriding parents, patients, and healthcare experts. >> two states have seen bills introduced that restrict trans people from using bathrooms or locker rooms that match their gender identity. tennessee's governor signing that bill into law in may. when it comes to transgender kids in sports, the number of bills is skyrocketing. at least 28 state legislatures have introduced bills banning transgender kids from playing on teams that match their gender identity. alabama, arkansas, montana, tennessee, and west virginia have all passed these types of laws. and here in florida some are calling the governor a bigot, following a couple of moves he's made this june alone, including a ban on trans athletes that he signed into law on the very first day of

hoping to dispel some myths and counter the widespread distressed distresse the healthcare system shared by many black americansave been a lot of references to the study as to why some people may or may not want to take the vaccine. a lot of misinformation is out there. >> the nonprofit ad council is spearheading the project as a part of the covid-19 vaccination initiative. the aim is to reach those communities most impacted by the coronavirus and most hesitant to get the shop. >> out the for the black community where we know this study has undermined trust and confidence, these stories i have to believe will get people's attention. >> the film's director underscored the big difference between then and now. >> these men did not have the privilege or theor theor the access what they needed to get better. they didn't even have the privilege or opportunity to decide whether they wanted to say yes or no. >> the men wanted to have the very best healthcare they could possibly get but they were denied that. we are in a position, today, where we can get the healthcare. >>we are not talking about the non-treating of bla

american jobs and families plan these critical issues? >> thank you for everything you have done around the issue of healthcare. udget is clear the president wants bold action on prescription drug prices there is a fundamental problem with americans with medicare programs paying too much for this country so we asked congress to work to bring the cost down saving half a trillion dollars we want to see action that all americans have access to affordable t healthcare through medicare and medicaid that we have additional dental vision and hearing with the affordable care act which already has brought millions at an affordable rate. >> shifting gears come in 2010 vice president biden said the threat of nuclear weapons is the greatest threat facing theng country and humanity why we're working to stop the proliferation and eliminate them but the project budget spans almost every nuclear program by the previous administration and the new cruise missile a weapon that president obama retired with full support of the navy but then trump tried to restart and now the budget has first funding? >> yes but i want to assure you

these bills work in contrast to our interests to make it more difficult for americans to have a say in key decisions from healthcareimiting our ability to register to vote and cast about early or by mail. voting is a fundamental right in our country and it is up to our elected officials to protect it. that letter definitely on one side of this issue, not the other side. to you by this notion of activism, part of a corporation's mission and not just 100% delivering profits to shareholders? >> i don't think it is part of their mission. these companies are jumping onto these issues because it is the flavor of the moment and they think they can ride that wave but with customers and employees see is a company that says one thing, that they care about these issues but on the other hand they look at what the companies do, they don't see the companies changing their behavior, looks like woke washing, you're trying to look virtuous, signal virtue but on the inside what are you really about? when you get that dissonance that is what companies turn off, that is where employees turn off. i look at this issue right now and i se

healthcare. this is been a huge plus under the american rescue plan. tly if i was looking ahead about what congress can do. [inaudible] often have to recall healthcare. [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] i will shut down right in the middle of the pandemic we had people losing healthcare. [inaudible] i cannot think of anything more impactful that came under the plan. >> thank you, senator cortez masto owen i were glad to work on that. senator scott your recognize. >> can you talk about from mr. taylor and mr. newsom some of the challenges they have had with labor shortages. can you talk about some of the issues your industries had with labor issues? >> labor shortages in florida for the tourism industry has grown tremendously as a population has grown. a lot of the population you see in florida are retirees. i think it is interesting senator when you were governor you increase tourism promotion funding by 15%. certainly the economics of continuing to drive visitors to the sunshine state has put even more strain on the global market. it also has affecte

very high on his agenda to get rid of obama care of the affordable healthcare act, which brought health insurance to 31000000 americans. because unlike in other industrialized countries that has not been a law in the united states, that it was telling its citizens to have health insurance, the republicans have always argued this is too expensive. it's a very individual decision. if you want to be insured or not, the democrats and contrast, arguing that they want to protect low income families and also the middle class of course, republican states. now, as you mentioned, including texas suit against a part of this law, which was essentially a penalty. if you were not insured, you had to have a penalty. you have to have to pay a penalty. the. so the supreme court now deciding that no the states are not in charge, they don't have the legal standing to take that to the supreme court. and this is not the 1st time the court has rejected. republican attack on a bomb care. now it's been the 3rd time, in fact there have been decisions made by the supreme court in 2012 in 2015. and now again, always by the way with a different

that are being scattered about and the strain on our schools, our healthcare, our infrastructure, which already isn't serving americans. now you're adding this on top of it. there's no end in sight. there's nothing coming out of this white house. so the governors have no choice but to step up and i commend ron desantis, governor abbott, governor doocy for their leadership. >> martha: that's another potential legal challenge. all over the country and in somewhat secret fashion, people are being dropped off and flown in to states that does necessarily want them or believe that they have broken the law and don't abide that. you raise something about florida and texas and arizona and the leadership there. my mind goes back to last summer when you had places like washington state that were rejecting national guard during the riots. they said do not send the national guard in. so i'm thinking that we have this country where people are either in red states or blue states and have completely different philosophies about the way they want to run their country, completely different. >> no, absolutely. you know what? people are

american people. really got exposed to her during the presidential primary when she flopped. she didn't appear to be a serious candidate. she was asked about her universal healthcarecations of the issues or answers and then she became the vice president. we don't know what she is capable of. she won't hold a news conference. she doesn't take a lot of questions from reporters. a big mystery in charge of a lot. >> martha: ari, yesterday a story came out that said that she and her folks were not happy with the way that the border job was doled out. it was not specific. the white house didn't make it clear enough that she was supposed to deal with root causes. i remember that moment. it was an ad hoc moment at a big conference table and i'll give the vice president, she will be in charge of handling things at the border. what is your assessment of the biden/harris relationship as you watch this dynamic at play? >> well first and foremost on the substance of that. if you have the deal with the root causes of what brings people to america are you set up for failure. there is no way any american will be able to solve the problems of central america which relate to corrup

like the bipartisan piece of legislation does not accomplish what the american people entrusted us to do, which is to deliver on healthcarehousing, and on immigration. and so we have to be able to do that in the reconciliation bill. and i don't think that we will be able to keep the progressive caucus together in supporting one legislation while the other one is still being worked on. >> i guess i don't understand why fully if infrastructure's so important, and it is, why would democrats not want a bipartisan bill that could be passed for weeks or even months while the larger bill is being written? >> well, we seem to think that infrastructure isn't just roads and bridges, that our care system is also part of infrastructure, and we want to make sure that we are delivering on a 21st century infrastructure package. and that can only be accomplished if we do both the reconciliation and the bipartisan bill together. >> senator bernie sanders, he's the chairman of the senate budget committee. he suggested he's looking at a price tag of around $6 trillion. west virginia democrat joe manchin says 2 trillion is about where he is.

healthcare workers. he moved his target on the percent of vaccines americans needed to get before we would get herd immunity and the problem is when you do that, when owe use strategic deception, people start reading your emails later and trying to figure out whether you really meant what you were theying. paul: james, finally and briefly, how should we investigate this since china isn't going to cooperate? james: step 1, dr. fauci has to testify under oath before congress. i have to say if they were pursuing the simplest explanation and this was an honest effort by dr. fauci and others, i think a simple explanation would lead you to wonder, gee, this is a coincidence, this thing showed up in wuhan, china where they happened to have lab looking at viruses. paul: stakes for the vice president and the administration when we come back. ♪ ♪ ♪ neutrogena® for people with skin. is mealtime a struggle? introducing ore-ida potato pay. where ore-ida golden crinkles are your crispy currency to pay for bites of this... ...with this. when kids won't eat dinner, potato pay them to. ore-ida. win at mealtime. i don't feel

a global pandemic as i said in my opening statement, 600,000 americans lost their lives physically talk thousand veterans in the va healthcare system and likely a lot more than that outside of the system. va's facilities were filled with at the print to bring medical units, to care for six -- six veterans. clinicians work day in and day out risking exposure of thehe buyers to take care of every veteran in need aser well as hundreds of nonveterans because hospitals are stretched to breaking points. we know statistics related to the backlog and wait times at va facilities were negatively impacted. it was global pandemic after all so that doesn't come as a surprise to anyone or at least it shouldn't. mr. secretary, as the va emerges out of the pandemic, can you highlight records to address a claims backlog in va weight? >> thank you very much and it's obviously an issue that's come up in discussions with many of you since i have come into this job and i j think it's important to highlight efforts with almond undertaken to reduce backlog of claims. we've ramped up significantly skinny efforts to digitize records for claims proce

healthcare away from millions of people. >> if judge barrett is confirmed, americans stand to lose the benefits that the aca provides. >> it was a surprisingly unifying front from the court in another hot button case. a unanimous decision in favor of a catholic group that was cut off from placing foster children in philadelphia because the objected to the group's policy consistent with church doctrine that did not allow for placement with same sex couples. chief justice john roberts wrote for the majority, quote: the refusal of philadelphia to contract with cfs for the provision of foster care services unless it agrees to certify same sex couples as foster parents cannot survive strict scrutiny and violates the first amendment. >> what they're saying is you cannot discriminate against churches on the basis of their faith. this is a big victory for religious liberty. >> we got your back, jack. everyone. >> shannon: it could signal where the court may two as colorado baker jack phillips who won a partial victory at the court in 2018 after saying he will not bake cakes that are in direct conflict with his religious beliefs is

healthcare as they often do. what tools are in the pro-life toolbox? >> the majority of americans oppose this.mation out, most are not reporting the president biden is so extreme and abortion, decades of bipartisan collaboration to protect the hyde amendment. the second thing is working to not back down, ultimately republicans dig in their heels in the senate and house saying we are not going to support this budget, it's not a bipartisan budget, it is funding abortion, there are millions of lives on the line and we cannot do this. time for war at the federal level in congress, stand up and be strong and say we will not support this bill and the last thing is the elections, another election coming up in two years and another in four years, midterms in the next election. we have to remember this. remember the extremism of president biden and his administration, decades of precedent, trying to remove the hyde amendment to force americans to fund the killing of reborn children. todd: does this lead to a government shutdown? >> i think it needs to. now is the time. we cannot give in on the pro-life

we have to look at what the needs are of the american people all i'm doing is taking a look at reality and millions of good paying jobs by directing healthcarecture. leo: should we worry about these numbers? teefifteen we should and then to reelect donald trump. and wage gaps shrinking and wages going up inside can arsonist to say we have to get a new housing commission. are you kidding me? that's why socialist don't know how to run. get that right now. and trying to balance the budget right now and then going paycheck to paycheck coworkers are worried about their jobs people working on the keystone pipeline everybody knows the numbers matter. they have to look to the future clearly if it was drawn out of the hat at this point get everybody in the class to put a name out of the hat and put that person in the white house. leo: the problem here is to define the term infrastructure and whether or not it includes climate control. aoc has an opinion. >> infrastructure, climate legislation is infrastructure legislation. that's why it's so important that this infrastructure bill actually helps us to meet our climate goals. leo: is that a selling po

the american rescue plan reminded direct relief checks from extended unemployment and increased healthcareand we'veck seen the results of that extraordinary action. over the last four months, the economy has added over 1.6 million jobs new unemployment insurance claims have dropped significantly. as chair powell predicted in march, congresses aggressive action to provide fiscal belief to the american rescue plan is accelerating to return to full employment. there's more work to do. there's still 7.6 billing your jobs before the pandemic. black and brown americans still unemployed but disproportionally high rates. as chair powell said earlier this year to raise american standard of living over long-term, congress must make investments to increase productivity of the economy. i agree. congress is working to do just that. the american jobs plan and the american families plan will make the investments we need to ensure strong sustainable and equitable economic poverty. the american jobs plan sustainably marginalized transportation infrastructure bring affordable household access to millions of