this morning boston mayor marty walsh formally declared racism an emergency and a public health crisis. he's putting his moing where his mouth is, upindicating the budget to reallocate funds from the police budget and putting them into boston's black communities. this is in addition to the task force the mayor created last month to address the health inequities exposed by the coronavirus, boston in a city only 25% black. african-americans make up 38% of coronavirus cases and 35% of the deaths. that disparity is in line with what we see across the country. the krxt says black americans make up 23% of coronavirus deaths and less than 13% of the population. it is a disparity that many worry will only be exasperated by the ongoing protests. joining me now, an emergency room physician and the founder and ceo of advancing health everything with it. first, i want to get your reaction to the mayor of boston's decision, and is this something that would you like to see elected officials all over the country treat racism as a public health issue, too? >> the answer to that is a resounding yes. ra

the slaves holding the emancipation proclamation in his right hand and you have the mayor mayor marty walsh is actually considering removing the statue and boston as well rick because it depends on the honor of the holder in these cases but it makes for an article that i should have thank you for bringing us up to date on the wall. street home. i'd like to get one of the host questions for the actually listens to the yes answer and then react to that answer a folks dennis miller here got a new show. oh yeah oh. please. go by. on the larry king question listening learning you know all is said i never learned anything when i was talking it's important to listen to question more. there's so much going on in the walls don't you think when's the last time you add a real bird's eye view of. the news feed more than just hours of bickering and give me 30 minutes i'll take you off the low. i'm chris hedges the corporate coup d'etat has destroyed our democratic institutions the commercial media is burlesque part of the reality show presidents expose the trivial lives seen on contact question more. he

the slaves holding the emancipation proclamation in his right hand and you have the mayor mayor marty walsh is actually considering removing the statue and boston as well rick because it depends on the eye of the holder in these cases but it makes for an article that i should have thank you for bringing us up to date on that in the past couple of weeks i have seen reporters wearing when they were completely isolated or even outdoors in the middle of nowhere almost as if to send some type of political message to signal what side they were on i've also watched reporters doing live shots while walking with protesters as they chant and hold up signs declaring a specific political ideology the protesters not the reporters or some of these reporters crossing the line and where is that line journalistically speaking joining me now is award winning journalist and nationally syndicated writer ruben navarrette you know it's interesting ruben i've spent a lot of time making decisions like this when i've covered stories i was on the ground covering hurricanes and earthquakes i was there at 911 when i f

on friday, boston mayor marty walsh said he will reallocate $3 million from the police department's budget toward public health initiatives. and the minneapolis city council on friday unanimously passed a a resosolution to replace the pole department with a cocommunity-ld public safety system -- 18 days public safety system -- 18 days after george floyd was killed by police officer derek chauvin. minneapolis councilmember alondra cano said -- "we acknowledge that the current system is not reformable. we would like to end the current policing s system as we know it" in seattle, washington, socialist city councilmember kshama sawant is calalling for a section of downtown known as the capitol hill autonomous zone to remain permanently in community control. protesters took over several city blocks last week after the seattle police department abandoned its capitol hill precinct and stopped trying to violently disperse marches. seattle's city council is set to debate two bills on police accountability -- one would ban chokeholds, the other would bar the purchase of tear gas and other so-called

mayor marty walsh says he will transfer a total of around $12 million from the city police department'set s d to support businesses owned by women and people of color. the mayor also pledged to form a new task force to review the en force. >> the trump administration has finalized a rule that eliminates obama-era protections against discrimination in health care and health insurance for transgender patients. the department of health and human services says it will return to defining sex as male or female and as determined by biology. the ruling taking place during pride month an anversy the deadly pulse nightclub shooting in orlando. >>> and merriam webster is updating its definition of the word racism. the move comes after a recent college graduate contacted the dictionary's editors to say the current definition didn't do enough to highlight that racism is a systematic -- a systemic issue and the editors agreed with that complaint, and they're currently drafting a new definition. >>> we are going to shift gears here because it is time now for -- [ air horn ] >> -- "binge this." if you