doctor, gregory gottlieb, thank you both very much.hen we come back, the shocking scenes become all too familiar now because of covid. americans, by the hundreds of thousands, as we just discussed, waiting in line to get food. did you know you can go to libertymutual.com to customizes your car insurance so you only pay for what you need? really? i didn't-- aah! ok. i'm on vibrate. aaah! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ >>> america has long seen itself as a land of plenty. a place where no one need go hungry. a chicken in every pot. depression-era, black and white memories of bread lines and soup kitchens were a thing of the past. but thafrnks to the pandemic, w are now seeing a 21st century version of hardship with millions of people out of work and in need of help just to put food on the table. many, for the first time in their lives. >> in a minute, we are going to see what everyday americans are doing to help. and hear from country superstar, brad paisley, about his efforts to create a free grocery

and gregory gottlieb, director of the feinstein international center at tuft's friedman school of nutritionfessor of nutrition and human security. >> and let's just jump right in. dr. bedila, i want to start with you. we see communities of color, particularly black and brown and indigenous communities facing a higher covid death rate. we also hear this anecdotal, well, if people have diabetes or people have hypertension, that's the reason it's more deadly for communities of color. but can you draw a link between those two facts and the food that's available, particularly to low-income communities of color? >> thanks so much, joy. so, you know, you have this statistic from the cdc that says 94% of the people who died of covid-19 have a medical condition. you know, what often doesn't get mentioned is how many americans have medical conditions that put them at high risk for severe covid-19. 40% of americans are obese. one out of ten have diabetes. 30% have hypertension. all of those aspe spenspects in communities of color and socially disadvantaged and economically disadvantaged communities pa