but first, enjoying taps across america. [guns firing] [guns firing] ["taps" playing] woman: "taps." it's a solemn piece. man: it's been played so often and for so long in our country's history. it was during the civil war, and when they buried somebody, they would play "taps." gets people to remember what memorial day is all about. man: it's total remembrance for what all these men and women did for our country and why we're still safe today. ["taps" continues] everybody, if you're so inclined, at 3:00 on memorial day, it's a moment of silence, play "taps." ♪♪ i thought, well, that's really cool. i'd like to do that, too. so the following year, i signed up for it. you just register. there's no cost. for me personally, taps across america gives me a real connection for memorial day and a reason to participate. it just really appealed to me. beebe: i just thought it would be a way for me to show my sincere beliefs about memorial day. farmer: i come here about a quarter to three and set up my stand. ♪♪ and then at 3:00, i play

donald trump has tapped for health and human services secretary, has vowed to make america healthy again. but my next guest actually says that there is a mysterious health wave breaking out acrosshe united states. derek thompson is a staff writer at the atlantic and hosts the plain english podcast. uh, derek, welcome. so let me start out by asking you the statistic everybody talks about when talking about american health care is we have the most expensive system in the world, and it delivers very bad outcomes that our life expectancy in particular looks very bad compared to, say, europe and japan. but you say that masks an important set of causes of death. explain what you mean. >> well, i think the american health care system has any number of problems. it's too expensive. there's too many uninsured people. but the reason why america has a shorter life span than similarly developed countries is that americans are more likely to die young. and the reason we're more likely to die young is because of really four factors cars, drugs, guns, and calories. we die in car accidents much more frequently than other rich countries. we have way more guns and have way more gun deaths. are d