the brand new post of peadock, the mehdi hasan show. i want to welcome dr. david shulkin. the ceo of the beth israel medical center and the author of "it shouldn't be this hard though serve your country." you lead a group in new jersey, correct? >> yes, morristown medical center where governor christie is today. >> right, i thought that was correct. >> tell me what you think, this is a remarkable turn of events. you have a great deal of faith in the government and it's ability. walter read is among those places where the president has been able to set up shop and do his stuff. but there is some real danger as mehdi hasan was saying there is not much information about what is happening to the most powerfulmpower ful man in the world right now. >> yeah, people have relied upon professionals that we give factual information now being influenced by politics. i think that is concerning particularly during a time of a national pandemic where people rely on the information. and it is just not helping. >> you were a secretary of veteran affairs. you were a member of the cabinet. t

mehdi has been here several times. two weeks ago, he tested positive for covid-19. today, he came to get the results of his follow-up test. >> i'm no longer at risk myself, but i can infect others. i'm supposed to stay in quarantine for another five days. the situation has gotten really intense. a few days ago, there was nothing going on here, and today, it's really full. >> hamid, our driver, is scared. he'd like the government to take more drastic action, but knows there's little chance of that happening. >> to enforce a strict quarantine, we would need enough money. but we simply don't have that. the government would have to support the people financially so that we can meet our daily needs. but evidently, it's not able to do that. >> the country is in the midst of an economic crisis. we meet up with behzad, a jewelery designer, who tells us more. two years ago, we filmed him in his jewelry design school. hundreds of students trained with him. it was a real success story. iranian craftsmanship sold worldwide. but then came the u.s. sanctions. and the coronavirus.