one place i went to was in northern alabama, i had never been in northern alabama in my life and i had this idea, if any of you viewers have read agee's work, there is a brick in the 1930s, a detailed life in appalachia in the poor part of the united states, that's what i thought northern alabama was like. my mindset was this is a really poor area still meant i got to permit alabama and i landed on a modern international airport in huntington -- huntsville, i'm sorry. northern alabama, i was taken to a city, a small and alabama, up the tennessee river and it was a delightful place, people were wonderful. it was a four star international hotel on the health and i was blown away so this is a part of a country that came as a complete surprise to me and i got interested in the fact that it was actually very prosperous, up to date. there are more square mile in northern alabama than any other part of the rest, at least at that time. space research and international air culture research and all of this stuff going on. anyway, i was fascinated. i gave my talk and on the way out of town, i'm g

senator from alabama telling me once katherine, find out why alabama keeps sending money back to washington for usda. so even the funding that at one point that came here because it was supposed to help families in the black belt, they would send it back, instead of making sure there was infrastructure in place that we could use instead of the -- when they do put in infrastructure in place, it is usually the cheapest infrastructure and usually fails and then the narrative becomes oh well the people don't know how to manage it, but they are selling them the cheapest most unreliable infrastructure that there is, and then blaming it on the people, when they would not put the same infrastructure in more affluent communities. >> and that's part of this what you call an economy that had evolved to prey on impoverished citizens in lowndes county; correct? >> yes. >> so a lot of what you have done over the last 15 to 20 years is take various visitors, u.s. senators, journalists, u.n. special reps, a whole host of people to see how people live in lowndes county, and in 2009, you went to see a woman

one of the places i went to his northern alabama. i've never been to northern alabama in myba life and i had this idea, if any of the viewers tonight have read the work, there was a book in the 1930s that detailed life in appalachia in this very poor part of the united states and that is when i thought northern alabama was white. my mindset was this is a really poor area still and then i got to northern alabama and landed at a modern international airport in the town of huntington or surrey, huntsville northern alabama. the people were wonderful and there was an international hotel up on the hillh and i was blown away. this is a part of the country that came as a complete surprise to a me that was very prosperous and up-to-date. there are more of these per square mile in northern alabama than any other part of the united states. with international agricultural research there's all this stuff going on. anyway, i was fascinated. i did my talk on the way out of town and i'm getting ready to go back to the airport to fly back home. the l

the gentleman from alabama is recognized mr. rogers: at this time i would like to yield a minute and a half to a real leader on the armed services committee, the ranking member of the sea power subcommittee, mr. wittman of virginia. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized mr. wittman: thank you, mr. speaker, thank you, republican leader. similar to the previous amendment, i believe this amendment is extremely misguided. in fact, in march 24 of this year, i invited both ms. lee and mr. pocan to attend a classified brief on the existential threats we face in great power competition. mr. speaker, instead of taking me up on that offer, they continue to turn a blind eye. the chairs of the defense spending reduction caucus don't want to learn about what the threats are. they don't want to learn more about the critical capabilities that would be out of the hands of war fighters if this amendment were to pass. i can stand here and tell that caucus about how this plus up has $9.8 billion in procurement that's indirectly to c

senator from alabama telling me once, catherine, find out what alabama keeps sending money back to washington for usda. so even the funding at one point they came here that was supposed to families in a black belt, he would send it back instead of making sure that there was infrastructure in place that we could use instead of, when did you put in for second place its usual cheapest infrastructure comes , usually fails and the narrative becomes the people don't know how to manage it. but they are selling them the cheapest most unreliable infrastructure that there is an thin blanket on the people when there was not put the same infrastructure in more affluent communities. >> host: and that's part of this, what you call an economy that has evolved to prey on impoverished citizens in lowndes county, correct? >> guest: yes. >> host: so what you did, what a lot of what you done over the last 15 to 20 years is take various visitors, u.s. senators, journalists, u.n. special rapporteur is, a whole host of people to see how people live in lowndes county. in 2009 you went to see the woman name shar and

that is what he and thomas and edison tried to create in northern a alabama. this book is the story of how they tried to do that and it tells the story of why they failed. finally the book tells what happens next. the stories move eventually to the creation of one of the greatest achievements of government in the united states a project called the tennessee valley authority the tva which many of you have heard of. this book explains how the tva started. eventually ford despite his popularity despite his money eventually ford's plan ran head-on into the u.s. government which also had a claim on the power generation and the tennessee valley. for five years forward in the u.s. government fought each other over who would control this area. would ford get his wish and build the city or would government stop him and do something else? eventually the government found a way to stop henry ford and they built their own version of this new way of living. the book tells the story of how the tva use those ideas as well. and before you get into q&a along with everything els

senator from alabama telling me once catherine find out why alabama keep sending money back to washington so even the funding at one point they came here because they were supposed to help families in the belt and instead of making sure there was infrastructure in place that we could use when they put infrastructure in place it's the cheapest infrastructure and then the narrative becomes well the people don't not a manage it but it the most unreliable infrastructure would -- and blamed it on the people when they didn't put the same infrastructure more affluent communities. >> that's part of what you call a dichotomy that had preyed on the impoverished in the county correct? >> yes. >> a lot of what you have done over the last 15 or 20 years is take various visitors, u.s. senators and special rapporteur's and a whole host of people to see how people -- and in 2090 went to see a woman named char and i wondered if you would tell us about what happened when you visited our property and what that led to because it led to a very stunning discovery. >> i had gotten a call from one of the regiona

never been to northern alabama in my life. and i had this idea so if they have read the work so the detail detail life in appalachia a very poor part of the united states that's what i found that what northern alabama was like. this is a really poor areas still and then i got to northern alabama i land at a modern international airport in huntsville in northern alabama and on and on the banks of the tennessee river people were wonderful with a four-star international hotel on the hill and i was mode away. this is part of the country that came as a complete surprise because itt was very prosperous and up to date there were more off these per square mile than any other part of the united states. it is the site of space research and agricultural research and all this stuff going on. so anyway i was fascinated so then getting ready back to go to the airport in the local fellow the driver pick me up in a car and headed to the airport not interested in fertilizer history he went additionally the remains of the old fertilizer factory

for the flyers distributed printed alabama university so alabama state university is important to me because some of the professors there profound influence on my life that's where i was introduced to african-american history. i became a history major because of that mostly. that's what i was introduced to franklin, i still have a copy of it because of alabama state university so when there was an effort to merge the universities, i sprung into action and didn't even think about it. but i have influential people in my life. joe read, his son is just elected first black mayor of montgomery. he talked about a lot of the things, by history but also understands the policy part which i didn't understand as a student at that time. all i knew was my role as an activist, i organized a march to save alabama university. i pulled together a group of my friends initially and we started organizing, the time when i came, i was in the hospital, that's when we had our first meeting. at saint jude where i was in the hospital at the time. we pulled together a group of students and more people got invo

and attended alabama state university. some were quite active professors andstudents were quite active in montgomery boycotts . as for flyers that were distributed were actually printed therealabama state university . so alabama state university is so important because some of the professors at profile influence on my life and that's where i was introduced to african-american history . i became a history major honestly because of that. that's when i was introduced to john hope franklin and read his from slavery to freedom which i still have a copy because of alabama state university. when there was an effort to learn at the university, i sprung into action and i didn't think about it. i didn't think about it but i had influential people in my life, joe reed, her son is now the first, was elected first black mayor in montgomery but he talked about a lot of the things that relates to the history but he also helped me understand the policies part which i didn't understand as a student at that time. all i knew was my role as a

that is what i thought northern alabama was like. my mindset was this is a really poor area still and when i got to northern alabama i landed at the international airport in the town of huntington. i was taken through a small city on the banks of the tennessee river and it's a delightful place with people who were a four-star international hotel on the hill and i was blown away. this was a country that was a complete surprise to me. it was very prosperous and very at to date. there are more square miles in alabama than any other part of united states. their space research and international agriculture research. i did my talk and on the way out of town i'm mike getting ready to go back to the airport to fly back home to oregon and the local fellow who was my driver we are in the car headed to the airport and we have a little extra time. he knew i was interested in fertilizer history so he took me out -- we had time to take off on our route and we went down the road and what remained of an old fertilizer factory. that's what he wanted

from alabama state university and attended alabama state university. professors and students were quite active in the montgomery bus boycott. so alabama state university was so important because some of the professors had a profound influence on my life and that's where i was really introduced to african-american history and got to know my professor there. that's when i was introduced to john hope franklin. i sprung into action. i had influential people in my life. he also helped me to understand the policy part of it which i didn't understand at that time. what i did is organized in march and pulled together a group of my friends initially and we started organizing at a time because i was in the hospital. that's when we had our first meeting at saint jude, which is where i was in the hospital at the time and we put together a group of students and more people got involved in that march and included a young man named randy anderson. since the days of the civil rights movement we also organized not only students from alabama state university but around

how are things in alabama right now? it feels like that icu capacity number has been negative for a while. >> right. exactly. and when i used that term, you know, some people took it in the literal biblical sense. but what i was really referring to was a breakdown of a social order, a breakdown of our ability to expect that we as a community, especially a medical community, can care for each other, right? if your father like mr. demonia is in need of acute care because he's having a cardiac emergency, you assume in a normal world where we do take care of each other, that you can actually go to an emergency department, maybe not the one right next to your house, but maybe within a 20-mile radius and get care. his story is unfortunately incredibly sad and tragic, just heartbreaking. and we're seeing that play out. this is not an isolated event. most of our emergency departments in the state are really overwhelmed. and we're boarding people there, taking care of people who really need the icu beds that you mentioned are in

the gentleman from alabama. mr. rogers: mr. speaker, i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to section 3-s of house resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question are postponed. it's now in order to consider amendment number 42 printed in part c of house resolution house resolution 1 -- house report 117-125. for what purpose does the gentleman from rhode island seek recognition? mr. langevin: mr. chairman, i have an amendment at the desk. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 42 printed in part c. of house report -- part c of house report 117-125, offered by mr. langevin from rhode island. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house report 117-125, the gentleman from rhode island, mr. langevin, and a member opposed, will each control five minutes. the chair recognizes the gentleman from rhode island. mr. langevin: thank you, mr. speaker. the united states attracts some of

the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from alabama mr. rogers: madam chair, i'm concerned that adoption of this amendment would create a major recruiting platform for terrorists and create security risks. the biden administration is opposed this amendment. i oppose this amendment. i urge all my colleagues to vote no. i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to house resolution 667, the previous question is ordered on the amendment offered by the gentleman from california. the question is on the amendment. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it, the amendment is agreed to. without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid upon the table. it is now in order to consider amendment number 24 printed in part c of house report 117-125. for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. schiff: i have an amendment at the desk. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 24 printed in part c of h

i knew there were people on the gulf coast of alabama, i had to be in mobile later that day and had a meeting over there. when i get over there, i go down dolphin street, a popular part of downtown mobile, and there is a guy there that owns a restaurant, and i don't know how he was able to do this so quickly, but he had these little american flags and he was stopping cars and giving everyone a flag. like everyone else, i think that day, we were somewhat in shock. angry and concerned. when you talk about in office complex as big as the world trade towers, you know there are people from all over the country working in those facilities, and that was certainly the case for alabama, and particularly in mobile, there were people i knew who had friends working in the tower, in one of the towers. so it is a real moment and it just persisted throughout the day. everyone was looking at the radio and television's, trying to get as much information as they could. we were all in shock. >> i remember that 9/11 was a primary day in new york city. the mayoral primary. i heard about it from an auxilia

the gentleman from alabama is recognized. mr. rogers: thank you, madam speaker. i yield two minutes to the gentleman from ohio, mr. turner. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. turner: madam speaker, i rise in supporter the fiscal year 2022 national defense authorization act thanks to the leadership of chairman smith, ranking member rogers, as well as the chairman of the strategy forces subcommittee jim cooper this year's ndaa was once again compiled and reported for consideration on the floor today in a bipartisan manner this bill is also the product of the diligent work of the committee staff who i'd like to thank, including the strategy forces subcommittee p.s.m.'s, maria, grant, ryan, and zach, as well as the committee's majority staff director, paul. admiral richard, the commander of u.s. strategy command -- strategic command, eltold us we are facing a nation our nation has not encountered before. we must deter two peer nuclear capable competitors simultaneously and must do so with each being deterred di

the director of pediatric critical care at the youths of alabama at birmingham and children's of alabama hospital is with me. a five-fold increase in cases in a month. what does that look like in your hospital? >> we've been a lot busier just with the number of patients. this weekend we had 31 pediatric patients with covid. like you said, most are either unvaccinated orr under the age of 12 and unable to get vaccinated. the numbers have been three or four times what we were seeing last winter at its peak. >> what are you hearing from the parents of these kids? >> a lot of them are remorseful that they didn't get vaccinated, and i try to encourage them that, at this point what we're going to do is take the best care of their child we can, and when they go back to their community, i have a mission for them to get two or three other people vaccinated, and for the kids who are in high school, to get some of their classmates vaccinated so hopefully they can begin to pred the word about the necessity of the vaccine, especially with the delta variant which is so much more contagious than the pr

the presiding officer: the senator from alabama. mr. tuberville: thank you, mr. president. sometimes we don't all agree on things here in this chamber, but i think we can all agree that a quality education has the power to uplift and transform someone's life. it is the key to freedom and the key to opportunity. i know this because i've seen it firsthand. i've coached and mentored hundreds of student athletes over my 40-year career. i have witnessed the difference an education can make in the outcome of someone's life, how it truly creates a pathway to success. in fact, that's one of the reasons i was inspired to be an advocate for better educational opportunities for all americans. because investing in our children's education is investing in our country. it's like putting a down payment on our country's future success by creating opportunity. i've recruited hundreds and hundreds of students from across our country. i have been in their homes. i've seen how they live. i've seen how they have grown up. unfortunately, for many children from difficult backgrounds, a large perc

they show up, for instance, at my own clinic in alabama. we had people who spent the week yelling god bless texas at us. so we know that things escalate. we know that people will start to push the boundaries when it comes to crossing over lines that they're supposed to be at when there are buffer zones. they will become more aggressive to -- with the patients. it's one of the reasons why merrick garland stated very clearly when this first started that the justice department will do everything they can in order to make sure that the face act which protects patients and people who are working at clinics are being blocked, harassed or otherwise threatened. >> joyce, now that the department of justice is involved, how likelihood will their lawsuit be effective? >> it's a very interesting lawsuit and it's important to understand in this sort of complicated legal terrain that there are at least two ways that bills like this texas abortion bill can be challenged. they can be challenged as written saying that they are facially unconstitutionally or

speak with a health officer in alabama where hospitals are literally turning patients away. welcome to meet the press daily. i am chuck todd. if it is tuesday, someone is voting somewhere. today that somewhere is a big one. it is california. gavin newsom faces a recall election that's got 22 mail in ballots and hundreds of millions in the making. governor newsom is expected to survive, perhaps not by a wide margin. that's not the only story in the race, it is the sadly predictable republican efforts in the final hours to create a mythology of doubt on the legitimacy of the vote before they've been counted. there's zero evidence of any election impropriety in this race, yet larry elder, leading republican candidate if newsom is recalled the democrats were going to cheat, he had no proof, his campaign is claiming they have proof that the racist results are fraudulent. it is impossible, there are no results yet. this made up nonstop bunk if you will. but the leader of this wing of the party, donald trump, said again today, told republicans without evidence that the state's use

alabama state health officer dr. harris said the drop in cases is on one hand a good sign, but much of the decrease is due to sustained high numbers of daily deaths with hospitals across the state reporting up to 40, 50, 60 deaths a day. so, my understanding of this is that the hospitals are only able to continue to take patients because so many people are dying. and there are 53 kids hospitalized. does seeing one's friends and neighbors die and seeing kids in the hospital change anything? >> one would think so, but you know, at the same time, we would hope that it wouldn't have to get to that point and the members of our covid-19 task force, a group of medical experts from around our city and around our region, they're telling us exactly what they're seeing in hospitals here and it's not just older people who have preexisting health conditions. these are young professionals. these are people who are coming in healthy with no conditions but for covid and getting to a late stage where they can't recover. and so, that

and i don't think i've ever led you wrong on this. >> you never led me wrong on alabama football. i'm willing to fall in love. i just want you to tell me if i'm going to regret this. you know, i can -- >> heart break ahead? >> no, no. i think alabama players are normally a safe bet. >> by the way, kaitlan collins will be here every week to assess mac jones' performance for the new england patriots which again is one of the most important things going on right now. >> obviously. >>> demand surging for a horse deworming drug to treat coronavirus. even though there is no evidence it works. >> none. >>> plus, more on our breaking news, roe versus wade is in serious jeopardy this morning after texas has effectively banned abortion in the whole state. all of those breaking details are coming up next. without my medication, my small tremors would be extreme. i was diagnosed with parkinson's. i had to retire from law enforcement. it was devastating. one of my medications is three thousand dollars per month. prescription drugs do not work if you cannot afford them. aarp is fighting for ame

one family in alabama now urging people to get vaccinated. not because they lost their loved one from covid, because there were no available icu beds to treat him for the condition he did have. cnn's nick valencia is in birmingham with their story. nick, what happened? >> reporter: ana, hospitals in alabama point-blank are in a state of crisis. covid-19 patients are not only filling up icu beds but hospitals. we're now seeing indirect victims of this pandemic. people like 73-year-old ray, the antiques dealer who earlier this month was going through a cardiac episode according to his family. they thought they would be able to take him to his nearby hospital and get him the treatment that he needed. but he wasn't able to get that because of a lack of resources. over the next 12 hours, that hospital would call 43 hospitals across three states. finally finding an icu bed for the man, in mississippi where he was air lifted, but it was too late. he died as a result of those cardiac complications. and his family, as you mention, in the obituary, imp

but with hospitals in alabama push to capacity. they say they were constantly turned away after contacting 43 hospitals in 3 different states. a bed was located across state lines and meridian mississippi. >> by the time the 73 year-old reach rush foundation hospital. it was too late. his family says he died of cardiac arrest just days before his birthday. his family posted on his online memorial quote, in honor of ray, please get vaccinated if you have not any effort to free up resources for non covid related emergencies. i can't predict what's going to happen tomorrow. but. >> we're certainly not trending in the right direction. deputy director of alabama hospital association dane hauer says. >> the state is in a dire place. the covid-19 surge began in mid august and has now reached its highest point ever during the pandemic, although hospitals do have the capability to expand capacity. howard says there is a lack of staff to adequately handled that change. that's why we're so aggressively trying. >> to find additional resources

so barry moore from alabama. >> thank you. appreciate you holding this conference. this is pinned on my lapel, my american flag in, not my congressional pin. we need to come together as a nation. my son tells a story, they were doing sort of an experiment in a science class and they put red ants and black ants in a giant aquarium. the ants functioned fine until someone shook the aquarium and they turned on each other. we as a nation are better figure out who is shaking our aquarium. general milley said a few months ago he wanted to understand the white rage and what american people want to understand is the red, white, and blu-ray. how -- blue rage. a president who has created a crisis on our southern border, people coming in unvented,

you will also hear from majority whip durbin of illinois and alabama republican senator on the end of u.s. military action and the 20th anniversary of the september 11th terrorist attacks. >> i want to welcome back my colleagues from the august period as we return to washington as everyone knows the senate has a busy schedule ahead of it. to be the under secretary of education.

in alabama, two have died on the job. this is complicated and dangerous work. we are moving as fast as humanly possible to get it done. it is important, though, that the region hit by ida is the key center of our nation's oil production and refining infrastructure. that is why we are not waiting to assess the full impact the storm will have on oil production and refineries. we are moving quickly to increase the availability of gas and easing the pressure on gas prices around the country. i have directed the secretary of energy, jennifer granholm, to use all of the tools at her disposal, including using the strategic petroleum reserve to keep gas flowing to the pumps in order to get critical supplies to the region to beat the pandemic. i directed the department of transportation to provide flexibility on how many hours they truck driver can provide. there's a limitation to the number of hours you can be on the road. the transportation department is broadening that emergency declaration for the transportation of gasoline and other types of fuel as well in additio

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., a startling new statistic from alabama officials. for the first time in the state's history deaths have surpassed births. ♪ ayy, ayy, ayy ♪ ♪ yeah, we fancy like applebee's on a date night ♪ ♪ got that bourbon street steak with the oreo shake ♪ ♪ get some whipped cream on the top too ♪ ♪ two straws, one check, girl, i got you ♪ ♪ bougie like natty in the styrofoam ♪ ♪ squeak-squeakin' in the truck bed all the way home ♪ ♪ some alabama-jamma, she my dixieland delight ♪ ♪ ayy, that's how we do, ♪ ♪ how we do, fancy like, oh ♪ ♪ acelerar ♪ ♪ no paro de acelerar ♪ ♪ que me va a frenar ♪ ♪ que me va a frenar ♪ ♪ si acele... ♪ ♪ y si acelero no me paran ♪ ♪ el viento pega en mi cara ♪ ♪ si acelero no me paran ♪ ♪ el viento pega en mi cara ♪ ♪ estoy brillando con mi drip drip ♪ ♪ una luz que no se apaga ♪ ♪ ♪ in 2016, i was working at the amazon warehouse when my brother passed away. and a couple of years later, my mother passed away. after taking care o

so i was just superexcited. >> reporter: alexandria and tyler got married in alabama september 4th. they were thrilled with the sampling of wedding photos ashton photography sent. >> excitement about those photos quickly turned to disappointment after the wedding photographer came here to san francisco for a job and her car was broken into her at alamo square. >> we had hidden our stuff under blankets. um, we would have put it in the trunk but there was no room because we had our luggage. >> reporter: during a quick engagement shoot on her way out of town last week, thieves broke into ashton's car taking off with camera gear, laptops, and hard drives. the alabama wedding pictures and all the backups, gone. >> i mean, i got special, little moments like her grandmother giving her penny to stick in her shoe. i mean, there is just so many special moments that we can never re-create. >> reporter: she says she can replace her gear but the photos on a hard drive like this one and in an sd card suitcase like this one can't be replaced. >> she called me crying and i -- you know, i -- it -- i

. >> alexandria and tyler got married in alabama september 4th. they were thrilled with the sampling of wedding photos. >> the wedding photographer came here to san francisco for a job and her car was broken into here. >> we had hidden our stuff under blankets. we would have put it in the trunk but there was no room because we had our luggage. >> during a quick engagement shoot, thieves broke into our car. the alabama wedding pictures and all the backups, gone. >> i mean, i got special little moments like her grandmother giving her a penny to stick in her shoe, and there are so many special moments we could never re-create. >> she said the photos on a hard drive one like this one replaced. >> she called me crying, and it's just horrible. >> the newlyweds are crushed, pictures from older relatives that travelled from around the country are gone. >> the chances of us being together again just, you know, aren't possible. >> now living in texas, they are offering a $1,000 reward for the return of the pictures. >> it would mean the world to her. hopefu

hospitalizations per 100,000 residents in your states, you do not want to be dark green, alabama, georgia, florida, kentucky, the highest hospitalization rate in the kentucky right now per capita, and what about children, as we go back to school, new york back, many school districts already back. there are 2,251 american children in the hospital with covid-19. six months ago, that number was 969. on this point, let's bring in expertise, dr. david kim berland, the codirector of the p pediatric disease. i appreciate your time. i understand you're just finishing your rounds and joining us. you are living this firsthand, you have seven children in your icu, as we watch back to school, and deal with the mask debate and the delta variant, what that's like, seven children, how high is that compared to a month ago, six months ago? >> it's much higher than what we have been seeing in the past, and numbers, well, perhaps the total number of new cases is slowing down, the important thing is we're still having new cases, and as these children are coming in, many of them are requiring intensive care s

i want to play, umm, this little mash up of alabama governor. let's play it. we'll talk about it on the other side. >> folks are supposed to have common sense. but it's time to start blaming the unvaccinated folks and not the regular folks. it's the unvaccinated folks that are letting us down. >> all right. okay. that was good. that was, you know, nice, southern, in your face telling it like it is. now have a listen to governor ivy. oh, it's a full screen? oh. i'm sorry. i thought it was video. i love that voice. if he thinks he's going to move out of the way, he's got -- he's -- he's got another thing coming. i'm standing as strong as a bull for alabama against this outrageous washington overreach. bring it on. elise, what in the entire you know what is going on here? >> well, i wish the governor would have mercy on the health care workers of alabama and how, you know, this might be a convenient political war for her right now, but it's -- it's so unfair to the men and women who are trying to treat sick people who are getting coronavirus because the unvaccina

let's start with where you are alabama. icu beds are consistently at or near capacity. last hour we told the story of ray. man who had a heart condition and was turned away from 43 hospitals fwlauz wabecause ther space. at what point will there be a broadening rationing of care and what's the future for alabama? >> thank you for having me. i think you ask a challengieing question for us all. cases are plateauing. if you look at some data, potentially dropping. it doesn't remove the challenge we face in our icus and patient who is come to our e.r.s do receive care. it's obviously challenge by the fact we have so many covid patients in our hospital. practically if you show up at our e.r., we do everything within our power to make sure you get your care. whether it's a covid illness or not. i can't speak rationally to say when there will be rationing of care. i think most of our hospitals still very much strive to actually take care of those individuals that they have within their power to reach. >> i'm going to talk about a few of the other topics that miguel introduced i

and look at alabama, one of the most conservative states in the country where the governor of alabama kaye ivey came out and blamed unvaccinated people for what's going on in their south which is devastating their hospitals. when that happens, you know that the republicans are in deep, deep trouble. >> it's a very good point. thank you so much, governor dean, for being with us. we appreciate it. >> thanks for having me on. >>> so, we are learning more revelations about this new book about the trump presidency, including fears at the highest level of the u.s. military and congress, that the nuclear arsenal was not safe from the commander in chief. joining us now, cnn special correspondent jamie gangel. she got an early copy of this book called "peril" by "washington post" bob woodward and robert kosta. talk to us about some of what you are seeing here. >> so, just to set the stage, the headline from this is that on january 8th, two days after the insurrection, general milley is shaken. woodward and costa write president trump is in serious mental decline, unstable, and unpredictable. t

commanding and control and if you read through his file, use the assignments colorado and nebraska and alabama where u.s. military has a lot of these aspects. i think we will begin today to say greetings to the crowd and the men anything he may want to underscore and then we will walk through much of the vice chairman agenda, a lot of the technologies had, innovation and a lot of ideas secretary matters put forth in the national defense strategy and they have followed those concepts and programs, concepts he's been extremely involved in developing career. thank you for joining us, let me give you a chance to say hello. >> hello, good afternoon. it's been a pleasure to be with you today. the most important thing to know is the most important -- vice, the most important word. first priority is to make sure we get the most military advised to be provided and i try to make sure everything we do and make sure i remember to take care of the people because like all of the jobs -- was great to be with you today and i look forward to questions. you and i discussed earlier would focused on high-level de

of and there was a lot of good people in alabama, and i love the state of alabama. i'm proud to be from there. but in the '60s, oh, my gosh, the things i saw, the things i experienced, how would this country ever come together in the face of that? and we did. and i fundamentally believe that we're going to do it again, and part of the thing that will enable that is an apolitical military, and i can guarantee you one thing, when i retire, i will -- i'll stay involved in technology and military things because i think i have something to offer there. but i will, i will be quiet on the political side. you'll never see me coming down on either side of the political spectrum. and i don't think anybody out there knows at all that what my politics are. and i'm going to do everything i can to keep it that way as long as i live. that's the way george marshall was, that's the way all my mentors were, that's why i'm going to stay that way. thank you for the question toe. >> thank you. -- question though. >> thank you. very well said and memorable answer. now a little bit more c

right now, today, the situation in alabama is particularly bad with the health care system on the verge of collapse. that's what frontline workers are telling us here with covid-19 patients filling up hospitals, filling up icu beds. in fact, right now as it stands, 50% of those on investigates are covid-19 patients. 50% of those in icu beds, also covid-19 patients. we're hearing these terrible stories of hospital gurneys and hallways turning into makeshift icu wards. resources here were stretched so thin and the strain is just really a dire situation right now. that is underscored by a story we heard from earlier this month of ray dimonia, going through a cardiac episode earlier this month and was taken to a hospital in his local town. the hospital called 43 hospitals across the region before they were able to find him a bed. he died as a result of not getting the care he needed. earlier i spoke to a doctor who said calling 911 in some parts of this state is taking a gamble with your own life. >> two weeks ago, late in the evening i got an emergency email saying there were 60 runs that

i won't use the same word used in alabama. everything turns bad. >> greg: was the woke of a response to you? you have the politically correct. you come in and you point out how screwed up the politically correct is. then there is something worse, more pernicious, the smoke movement basically saying that america is endemically racist. >> mr. trump: even the woman soccer team, the woman with the purple hair, she wasn't a fan of mine. she said negative things and then she lost. woke means your loser. i am watching parents in virginia. they are tired of it. they don't want it. they are finally getting it. school boards. they are throwing these maniacs out. it's been great to watch. >> greg: it used to be on campuses and now it's in high schools, critical race theory is being taught in grade schools and stuff. parents are finally engaged and showing up. that's kind of knew, don't you think? >> mr. trump: i entered it in the military but as soon as they came in they put it back in. we had guys that got paid $444,000 to teach critica