georges benjamin to answer your questions and comments as the u.s. case count past 5 million in this country. nancy is in altoona pennsylvania. you're on with dr. benjamin. caller: good morning. we were behind in our area for the testing. so they did ramp it up from just orderace with the doctors that you could go to a medics press without the doctors order. like what has happened is when the testing got a little better, i can't say it's that great. the contact tracing was so far behind that there really wasn't anything much happening. lived with ady who person that definitely had it and was in the hospital and it took two weeks to get the answer. when i called the pennsylvania department of health, they said they don't have enough contact tracing people. we are all talk and not enough action to be strict on putting these things in place. says.d to do what the cdc and what's happening is we are talking about it but we are not strict on the laws for masks. we do not enforce the contact tracing other we have to hire more people to get that done. but it'

. >> doctor george benjamin is back with us this morning. the executive director of the mark in public health association. good morning to you,ub sir. >> guest: good morning. how are you? >> host: i am doing well. could you start by reminding viewers what the america public health association is. >> guest: sure, thank you. you're the national nonprofit of people who practice public health and quite frankly, many of our people, the ones out chasing the virus each and every day. >> host: what role have you sought to play in the coronavirus pandemic?ht what is your group been doing? >> guest: we have been doing a lot of policymakers, the public, advocating for resources and generally trying to push in prohealth agenda based on science p. >> host: we found out yesterday the number of reported coronavirus cases in this country past the 5 million mark that is doubling of u.s. cases since the end of june and the last million happening in just the last venting days paid your reaction to that milestone. >> guest: the challenge is that a lot of this i

georges benjamin to answer your questions and comments as the u.s. ount past 5 million in this country. nancy is in altoona pennsylvania. you're on with dr. benjamin. caller: good morning. we were behind in our area for the testing. so they did ramp it up from just orderace with the doctors that you could go to a medics press without the doctors order. like what has happened is when the testing got a little better, i can't say it's that great. the contact tracing was so far behind that there really wasn't anything much happening. lived with ady who person that definitely had it and was in the hospital and it took two weeks to get the answer. when i called the pennsylvania department of health, they said they don't have enough contact tracing people. we are all talk and not enough action to be strict on putting these things in place. says.d to do what the cdc and what's happening is we are talking about it but we are not strict on the laws for masks. we do not enforce the contact tracing other we have to hire more people to get that done. but it's all

. >> doctor george benjamin is back with us this morning.cutive director of the mark in public health association. good morning to you,

. >> kristen welker and george benjamin, thank you. >>> we want to turn to usa today washington bureau chief susan page. ahead of the second night of the republican convention, the second night doesn't include the virus and the handling of it. in your view, how were republicans handling this important issue during this convention? >> boy, you could not see a bigger contrast between the two conventions than on the issue on covid-19. it very much defined the democratic convention. they described this as a crisis that's not under control in the united states and they blame president trump's lack of leadership for causing. very different picture last night at the republican national convention. it was portrayed as something that's under control, in the rearview mirror and for which president trump deserved a lot of credit. >> our fact-checkers were working overtime last night. president trump falsely claimed that mail-in voting is ripe for fraud. >> i'll tell you how i feel about it and most americans believe and that is this process of mail-in ballots have proven to work out just fine. >>

with american public health association's georges benjamin. watch c-span's washington journal live at 10:00 eastern this morning and join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, texts, and tweets. tonight on "the communicators," american economic liberties project executive director sarah miller and baker donelson, senior advisor barbara comstock on whether big tech is too big. >> there aren't going to be more facebook's, more amazons, and more googles, because our antitrust before sirs -- enforcers have allowed corporations to amassing norma's shutts of power to down competition and engage in predatory behavior. >> what i heard from those leaders and businesses was the american success story, and all the things they are doing to help our current economy thrive, to grow, and how to make america the most competitive tech ecosystem in the world. miller and barbara comstock, tonight at 8:00 eastern on the communicators on c-span2. on tuesday, the full u.s. court of appeals for the d.c. circuit will rehear oral argument to determi

georges benjamin is back with us via zoom, the director of the american public health association.

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georges benjamin here to answer your questions as a u.s. count soars past 5 million in the country. nancy is in altoona, pennsylvania up first this morning for you our with dr. benjamin. caller: good morning. my question is, we have -- we were behind in our area, i believe for the testing. ok? they did wrap it up from just one place with the doctors order that you could go to a medic express without the doctors order. what hasseems like happened when the testing are tracing wascontact that there really .asn't much happening there was somebody that lives and it took two weeks to get that answer. when i call the department of health, they said they did not have enough contact tracing people. so we are all talk and not forgh action to be strict putting these things in place. says,d to do what the cdc and what is happening as we are talking about it, we are not strict on the laws -- what do they call it? they are not laws for mass. we do not -- they are not laws for masks. it is all talk and it is not happening and we are rising because we are

city minneapolis has been the center of protest since may when george floyd was killed when a police officer knelt on his neck well benjamin crump is jacob blake's lawyer he also represents the families of george floyd and briana taylor black americans who were shot dead by the police and he explained why this incident has caused so much pain. here really. justify the unjustifiable actions they have taken and so that's why it's called out room. and civil rights community. activists even the national basketball so you know many do. everybody is are outraged about this senator now because i'm out in the in the reactor. no one's been the white house that ministry should. concentrate in now all we have now. you know we can't have violence. only by words now has taken place you could know sure wisconsin. why me who shot jake do you 7 times in the back. to lebanon now at least 2 people have been killed and others wounded in fighting between supporters of sunni and shia parties. gunfire was exchanged during the confrontations and some houses and cars were set on fire in colored it that south of the capital violence reportedly eru

this incident comes almost three months to the day george floyd was killed in police custody. attorney benjamin crump represents the floyd family and now the blake family, too. >> it is foreseeable that these things are going to happen if you continue to engage in racism and discrimination in your policies and practices. >> reporter: the eyewitness who didn't want to be shown on camera tells us that blake scuffled with police before the shooting and that he heard an officer tell blake to drop the knife, although he never actually saw a knife. today the governor deployed 125 members of the national guard here to help and tonight, for a second night in a row, a curfew starting at 8:00 p.m. norah. >> o'donnell: mola lenghi, thank you. we turn to those historic california wildfires. more than 600 in just over a week including two of the largest in the state's history. at least seven people have died and more than a million acres have burned, that is more than four times larger than the area destroyed by fires in a typical year. >> reporter: tonight, wildfires have displaced more than 200,000 califo

the city minneapolis has been in the same set of process since may when george floyd died of to place officer on his neck. benjamin crump is jacob blake's lawyer at he also represents the families of george floyd brianna take all black americans who were killed by police he says protest as angry at the lack of action by the authorities i think that their reaction very emotional because it's very difficult to rule and this is their use of excessive force on a young black man who owes no 3 as he tries to walk away from you and burbling. anyone but he was shot 7 times in the back in front of his 3 little boys who are yours no 5 years ago 3 years ago were of the more you hear the police. justify the unjustifiable actions that they have taken and so that's why it's called a really. on civil rights community. matter because even the national basketball association it may do very sprawl everybody is really about this so have a look because i'm out in the in the reaction or. no lines within the white house that ministry should concentrate now all we have to have a law are to you know we can't have violence. only by. sure

benjamin crump. fami police brutality victims including george floyd, breonna taylor and jacob blake will also be in attendance. >>> laura, what's happening now is sparking a lot of conversations and we've been leading a lot of those conversations for the past few months now and we're going to continue that conversation. our next one next month but all the past ones we've had, you can go to our website, nbcbayarea.com/raceinamerica. there you can find those conversations and start those conversations with your friends and family. laura? >>> well, continuing our coronavirus coverage as well, a quick look at new confirmed bay area cases which now total more than 81,000. more than 1,000 people have died. >>> health leaders have order add central valley foster facility to close. the facility is suffering a massive outbreak. 358 workers have tested positive for the virus. eight have died. that outbreak started back in june. the county says the facility ignored orders to increase testing and boost safety measures. foster farms has not issued a response. >>> california counties may get clarity on how to pr

the attorney for jack and blake also benjamin you've represented the families of george floyd and briana taylor the other black americans who were shot dead by place i'll talk to you about that in a moment 1st of all of if you got an update on jacob for us on his on his condition are you as. in stable condition. or intensive care he had not concern us are very. concerned drew's multiple surgeries we're going to the. point. you know. are you able to speak to him understanding of his actually had anything to say or if he knows about what's happened in the in the 4 days since he was shot. he's a really medicated. baaba maal so warm terms but again he's really. been so let's talk about what's happened in can assure in the last 4 days it is absolutely no surprise to see this reaction we've seen it in other parts of the country after similar incidents what do you think of the reaction to it though from both. officials and can osha and then as it's widened out further the national guard and right up to the president. what are think that the reaction is very emotional because it's very difficult

live for us and kind of wisconsin john thank you for that well benjamin crump is jacob blake's lawyer he also represents the families of george floyd on brown a tale of black americans old killed by police he explains why this incident has caused so much pain. here really. justify the unjustifiable actions they have taken and so that's what's called out room. on civil rights community. activists even the national basketball association and may do. everybody is are outraged about this so now because i'm out in the in the reaction or. no lines within the white house that ministry should. concentrate now all we have now law and i want to you know we can have a province where. the only by. now has taken place you could know sure wisconsin. why me who shot jacob do you 7 times in the back. now the u.s. takes an easy an hour in texas have been bounce and by one of the most powerful hurricanes ever to hit the region nora made landfall in the early hours of thursday morning as a category 4 all right let's take you live now to the white house where president trump's about to give his long awaited keynote speech just listen to what the

benjamin crump. he was the fame attorney for george floyd's family. was leaving the scene after, quote, breaking up a fight between two women. if the wisconsin department of justice can corroborate this, we see on the tape that jacob is walking to his car. he doesn't have any weapons that we can see. he is not confronting the officers. he is trying to leave. the officers run up to him and apparently shoot him in the back. i guess, why would it take a month to investigate this? >> well, the reason you're even stumbling or even trying to ascertain it here is because the absurdity of the person who was trying to act as a good samaritan with three young children, his own sons i believe in the car, walking back to the driver's side and having seven shots ring out. no one can comprehend what would possibly be the motivation behind that. but even knowing that these are the facts as we know them today, there still has to be a thorough investigation on behalf of the officers and the families. and the reason for that is because you want to preserve whatever evi

benjamin: the american socialism is based on a simple idea. an idea allied by george shaw in fact a century ago pretty any difference the robs peter to pay paul can count on a support solution this country this trend people. and listen, we can offer you this and they can offer you that in the really good news is it's truly free. it was not truly free his college is not free. you have buildings and professors and then technology. hospitals are free. it's pay the doctors and nurses. the good news is for you that were going to make somebody else pay. that's a key to american socialism would actually collapse without it. if you told bernie sanders, elisabeth warren, stop demonizing the rich and so promising to somebody else make. they would be rendered completely commute. as you know, the scandinavians do not do this. their first catalyst read and wealth creation and low corporate taxes. about the same as air. most of them have no minimum wage pretty can iron fire people pretty recent braided with one exception they don't have a plus tax. there's no american tax print the

prophetic statement from benjamin franklin is the constitutional convention ended its labors in september of 1787. a republic, if you can keep it so. it was here in philadelphia the georgengton penned his immortal farewell address, and which he established the great american tradition unbroken for 145 years and our safeguard against dictatorship and tyranny, that no president should serve for a third term. ♪ >> friends and fellow citizens, the period for a new election of a citizen to administer the executive government of the united states, being not far distant, and a time already arrived when your thoughts must be occupied in designating the person who is to be clothed with that important trust, it appears to me proper, especially as it may conduce to a more distant expression of the public voice, that i should now apprise you of the resolution i have formed to decline to be considered among the number of those out of whom a choice is to be made. ♪ narrator: and here in philadelphia in june 1940, june 1940, members of another history-making convention opened their session. >> the 22nd convention of the republican party will now come to order. [applause] narrator: the

on the news hour we spoke to benjamin crump who is jacob blake's lawyer and he also represents the families of george floyd and briana taylor other black americans who were shot dead by police crime told us that he understands the anger of the protests. well i think that the reaction very emotional because it's very difficult as this brutal and this is use of excessive force on a young black man who holds no 3 as he tries to walk away from you and burbling and then he won but he was shot 7 times in the back in front of his 3 little boys who are any years ago 5 years ago 3 years ago furthermore you hear the police trying 5 to justify the unjustifiable actions that they have taken and so that's what's carl's out really. civil rights communities. activists even the national basketball association and major league baseball everybody is are outraged about this seven-up is a lot of been the reaction from. within the white house administration keeps concentrating on now all we have to have a lot of i want to you know we can't have violence. the only violence that has taken place and it could no should. have

anlater encouraged , theesting newspaperman grandson of benjamin franklin, who started his own newspaper in philadelphia and quickly turned against georgeashington viciously. calendar for aes while. ascends to the presidency, he decides since he is now in washington, d.c. emme he leaves the infrastructure -- in washington, d.c.,, he leaves the newspaper infrastructure in philadelphia as it is. he creates a new jeffersonian newspaper in washington. it is pledged to support jefferson's policies, and in return they get access to news, they get to be the first news acrossdistributing news the country, which grew jefferson'sy in administration, and was rewarded financially. had begun a policy where newspapers will be given government contracts for printing handbills and circulars, government advertisements, and the newspapers would also be hired to record the proceedings of congress. there was no congressional record until the lincoln e ra. so newspapers lined up for the rewards of printing the proceedings of the house and senate. they made a lot of money and there's nothing like money to see a loyalty -- seal loyalty. susan: what was the re

benjamin franklin who designed this. first up, the land in portrait of grant. it's 1864. ulysses grant arrives in washington to receive his promotion from lieutenant general. this is the first of george washington to achieve that. he raises eyebrows when he tries to register at the hotel. why? >> he gets to the willard hotel and he had been to washington quite seldom. he asks for room. he is with his little boy, by the way. the desk clerk gives that desk clerk kind of look. if there are any movie busts out there, and says we have no room. and they say well we have a room up in the attic. he says he will take it. he takes the letter from those days. you signed a book. he wrote u.s. grant and son. he turned it around and the desk clerk looked at it and if -- everything popped out of the size. he said mr. grant, we have a wonderful suite for you. i believe they gave him a sweet that lincoln state and overlooking 14th street. suddenly, he was treated like royalty, but it goes to show you what a simple he suite had and ostentatiously he presented himself on the eve of the moment when he's going to be come ranked alongside washington in the military. >> truly. he was scruffy and unkempt. h

benjamin butler. so first up is the lamden portrait of grant. grant arrives in washington to receive his promotion to lieutenant general and this interestingly enough is the first -- he is the first since george washington to achieve that rank. >> right. >> but he -- which is interesting in and of itself, he raises eyebrows when he tries to register at the willard hotel. why? >> he gets to the willard, having been to washington quite seldom and he asks for a room. he's with his little boy, by the way. and the desk clerk gives them a desk clerk kind of work. and says we have no room. he implores them and they say, well, we have a room up in the attic and so he says he'll take it. and he takes the ledger and he wrote, u.s. grant and son and twilled it around. and the desk clerk looked at it. if he had a monocle it would have popped out of his eye. oh, my gosh, general grant. we have a wonderful suite for you. and i believe they gave him the suite that lincoln stayed in on the second floor. suddenly he was treated like royalty. but it goes to show you what a simple bearing he had and how he presented himself even on the eve of the moment when he's going to become ranked alongside washington in t

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