FIVE BIG CITIES WITH THE WORST
AIR QUALITY IN THE WORLD
WE’RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT THE
COUNTRY, IN THE WORLD.
I WANT TO BRING IN DEMOCRATIC
SENATOR OF OREGON JEFF MERKLEY
THANKS FOR BEING WITH US
GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK ON THE
SHOW
YOU AND OTHER LAWMAKERS IN
OREGON ANNOUNCED A FEDERAL
PUBLIC HLTH EMERGENCY BECAUSE
OF WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT, THE
TERRIBLE AIR QUALITY BECAUSE OF
THE FIRES.
PORTLAND IS RANKED NUMBER ONE
FARCE THE WORST AIR QUALITY.
WHAT DOES THIS DECLARATION DO TO
HELP YOU FIGHT THAT AND ARE YOU
GETTING THE FEDERAL HELP YOU
NEED
>> ABSOLUTELY, WE GOT A QUICK
RESPONSE FROM THE GOVERNMENT
APPROVING THAT
IT BRINGS IN AN ADMINISTRATOR
WHO WILL HELP WITH THE HEALTH
PROGRAMS IN THE REGION, OPENS UP
HEALTH RESOURCES TO ASSIST WITH
THE MAJOR DISASTER RESOURCES SO
IT’S ANOTHER PIECE OF THE PUZZLE
AND QUITE FRANKLY, I HAD A ZOOM
CALL YESTERDAY, THE FIRST THREE
PEOPLE WHO TALKED ALL THREE
SUFFERING WITH VARIOUS AILMENTS
FROM THE SMOKE INHALATION.
IT IS SOMETHING WE’VE NOT
RECOGNIZED IN PAST FIRES
THE SMOKE IS BECOMING MORE AND
MORE OF AN ISSUE
>> IT IS SOMETHING WE’RE SEEING
VISIBLY AS FAR AWAY AS THE EAST
COAST AS WELL.
DAN COAST THE FORMER DIRECTOR OF
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE IS OUT
THIS MORNING WITH AN OP-ED IN
THE "NEW YORK TIMES" SAYING
CONGRESS SHOULD FORM A
BIPARTISAN COMMITTEE FOCUSED ON
ELECTION SECURITY TO MONITOR
VOTING AND ENSURE LAWS AND
REGULATIONS ARE FOLLOWED
THE PRESIDENT IS TWEETING
PERHAPS WE MAY NEVER KNOW THE
ACCURATE RESULTS OF THE 2020
ELECTION, A CLAIM WHICH THERE IS
NO EVIDENCE.
DO YOU BELIEVE THAT CONGRESS
SHOULD AS D.I. COATES SAYS FORM
THAT COMMITTEE
WHAT DO THEY DO HERE
>> I THINK ABOUT HOW A MAJOR
RUSSIAN STRATEGY IS TO UNDERMINE
THE CREDIBILITY OF WESTERN
DEMOCRACIES AND THE UNITED
STATES CASTING DOUBT ON THE
INTEGRITY OF OUR ELECTIONS AND
NOW THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES IS DOING THE SAME THING,
THREATENING VOTER INTIMIDATION,
ENCOURAGING VOTER SUPPRESSION,
CALLING FOR ARMED INDIVIDUALS TO
BE AT THE POLLING BOOTHS SAY HE
WON’T NECESSARILY ACCEPT THE
RESULTS OF THE ELECTION.
THE BASIC IDEA DAN COATS PUT
TOGETHER IS SOUND.
HE’S SAYING WE CANNOT ACCEPT
THESE ATTACKS ON THE INTEGRITY
OF OUR ELECTION.
WE NEED TO HAVE A HIGH-LEVEL
COMMISSION OF PEOPLE RESPECTED
IN A SEIRES IS OF FIELDS, COMING
TOGETHER MONITORING OUR OWN
ELECTIONS THE WAY WE NORMALLY
MONITOR A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT’S
ELECTION TO MAKE SURE THEIR
ELECTIONS HAVE INTEGRITY
IT’S A REACTION TO THE
CHALLENGES PRESIDENT TRUMP IS
CREATING BY UNDERMINING OUR OWN
SYSTEM >> SOMETHING ELSE IN THE NEWS
>> SOMETHING ELSE IN THE NEWS
HERE LAWYERS ALLEGING ABUSE BY
I.C.E.
WOMEN TOLD THE ATTORNEYS ABOUT
THE ABUSE.
THE NURSE FILED A WHISTLE-BLOWER
COMPLAINT COMPLAINING A
GYNECOLOGIST HAD UNNECESSARY
PROCEDURES
I.C.E. IS DISPUTING THE
ALLEGATIONS IN A STATEMENT SAYS
THERE HAVE BEEN TWO
HYSTERECTOMIES THAT HAPPENED AT
THAT FACILITY SINCE 2018 AND
LaSALLE THE COMPANY THAT RUNS
THE CENTER DID NOT COMMENT
PUBLICLY BECAUSE OF A PENDING
REVIEW BUT STRESS THEY’RE FIRMLY
COMMITTED TO THE HEALTH OF THOSE
IN THEIR CARE.
THE DOCTOR HAS VEHEMENTLY DENIED
THESE CLAIMS
IS THIS A STORY YOU’RE FOLLOWING
AND DO YOU HAVE INFORMATION OR
GUIDANCE OF HOW YOU MAY MOVE FORWARD IN IT?
FORWARD IN IT?
>> I WAS STRUCK WITH A SERIES OF
ISSUES
WITH CORONAVIRUS MEDICAL RECORDS
WERE FABRICATED THAT REQUESTS
FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT WERE
SHREDDED THAT INDIVIDUALS
REQUESTING TESTS FOR CORONAVIRUS DIDN’T GET THEM, THAT THOSE WHO
DIDN’T GET THEM, THAT THOSE WHO
HAD TESTED POSITIVE WERE
COMMINGLED WITH PEOPLE WITHOUT
PROTECTION AND THIS STUNNING
SITUATION WHERE HYSTERECTOMYIES
WERE APPARENTLY PERFORMED
ACCORDING TO THE WHISTLE-BLOWER
WITHOUT THE APPROVAL AND
UNDERSTANDING OF THE WOMEN
THE COLLEGE OF GYNECOLOGY SAYS
THAT IN A SITUATION WITH
INCARCERATION, THERE SHOULD BE
EXTENSIVE, EXTENSIVE
DOCUMENTATION OF A REQUEST
BECAUSE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR
ABUSE.
I DO FEEL WE HAVE SEEN SO MANY
ABUSES OF IMMIGRANTS, OF
CHILDREN, OF ADULTS THAT THIS IS
ONE MORE CASE THAT NEEDS TO BE
FULLY LOOKED AT.
WE NEED A DIFFERENT SYSTEM AND A
DIFFERENT ATTITUDE WHERE WE
DON’T VIEW ABUSING IMMIGRANTS
LIKE THIS ADMINISTRATION DOES AS
A STRATEGY TO DETER IMMIGRATION.