jesse ehrenfeld is pushing for what he calls science-based medicine. oup of physicians. we sat down with him to discuss the issues and solutions facing doctors and patients today. dr. jesse ehrenfeld is an anesthesiologist, navy veteran, and father. >> what do you think is the top issue facing physicians today? >> so after three years of experiencing so much stress with covid, we've had this twindemic, a pandemic of the disease plus a pandemic of misinformation and bad information. >> reporter: dr. ehrenfeld is taking over at a difficult time. doctors are facing burnout, soaring medical costs, medicare payment issues, and new legislation targeting the lgbtq community and reproductive rights. >> we have a health care system in crisis. i hear that from my physician colleagues. >> how do we have a health care system in crisis? >> so today there are so many back seat drivers telling us what to do, and we've got regulators that are discarding science and telling physicians how to practice medicine, putting barriers in care. >> reporter: those barriers includ

jesse ehrenfeld is an anesthesiologist, navy veteran, and father.hysicians today? >> so, after three years of experiencing so much stress with covid, you know, we have had this twin-demic, a pandemic of the disease, plus a pandemic of misinformation and bad information. plus a pandemic of misinformation taking over at a difficult time. doctors are facing burnout, soaring medical costs, medicare payment issues, and new legislation targeting the lgbtq community and reproductive rights. >> we have a health care system in crisis. i hear that from my physician colleagues. >> norah: how do we have a health care system in crisis? >> so today there are so many backseat drivers telling us what to do, and we've got regulators that are discarding science and telling physicians how to practice medicine, putting barriers in care. >> norah: those barriers include what he considers the criminalization of health care. >> in at least six states now, if i practice evidence-based care, i can go to jail. it's frightening. when a patient shows up in my office, if i do t

jesse ehrenfeld, was inaugurated this week. he is the first openly gay leader of the country's largest group of physicians and medical students. anchor norah o'donnell sat down with him to talk about the solutions facing doctors and patients today . you can watch that interview coming up on the cbs evening news. >>> and you can see all of our pride stories under the special pride section of our website, kpix.com and streaming on cbs news bay area. we will add all of those news stories all month long. we are in the month of june. >>> i'm still getting over the atmospheric river of the spring. let's get a look at our first alert meteorologist paul heggen. that tends stake of pride hits. >> summer arrives in less than a week, officially. astronomical summer. we're in the middle of meteorological summer, which we kind of ran things often and say june 1st, it's summer. t towards alcatrazom lesforce tower. we arsome hardc pahy fog as thst of night,t ke it's going bea pretty ed moerin at spre in the landva. cleang fy, e ci e ek g olr