The public health situation in the nation's second-largest city is in "a complete breakdown," Dr. Drew Pinsky said Thursday night on "The Ingraham Angle." “We have a complete breakdown of the basic needs of civilization in Los Angeles
right now,” Pinsky told host Laura Ingraham. “We have the three prongs
of airborne disease, tuberculosis is exploding, (and) rodent-borne. We
are one of the only cities in the country that doesn’t have a rodent
control program, and sanitation has broken down.”
“We have a complete breakdown of the basic needs of civilization in Los Angeles right now.” — Dr. Drew Pinsky
Pinsky’s comments followed news that Los Angeles police officer had contracted typhoid fever, a rare and life-threatening illness that fewer than 350 Americans contract each year.
Los Angeles had a typhus outbreak last summer and will likely have another this summer, Pinsky said. Meanwhile, bubonic plague
– a pandemic that killed tens of millions of people during the 14th
century – is “likely” already present in Los Angeles, Pinsky added.
Dr. Drew Pinsky (Getty Images)
“This is unbelievable. I can’t believe I live in a
city where this is not Third World. This is medieval,” Pinsky said.
“Third World countries are insulted if they are accused of being like
this. No city on Earth tolerates this. The entire population is at
risk.”
“Third World countries are insulted if they
are accused of being like this. No city on Earth tolerates this. The
entire population is at risk.” — Dr. Drew Pinsky, referring to a public health crisis in Los Angeles
California
can’t handle the current situation, let alone allow tens of thousands
of illegal immigrants with no health records to flood its major cities,
Pinsky added.
“[T]he
government is somehow insisting that housing is the problem when in
fact we have chronic mental illness, we have addiction, we have people
who don’t want to leave the streets,” Pinsky said. “They literally won’t
take the housing if we give it to them. And that’s the population
that’s vulnerable, and is going to get so ill this summer. It scares me
for their well-being.”
Asked
why the liberal politicians aren’t doing more to alleviate these
conditions, Pinsky said they are “disgustingly negligent.”
Fox News' Sean Hannity took the media to task for not reporting on the 'clarifying remarks' Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office released following his news conference Wednesday.
"Ask
yourself this, why didn't the media mob report with the same intensity,
the release of the clarifying remarks of Robert Mueller after he
botched it yesterday morning? Why didn't they put the same passion in it
as the nine-and-a-half minutes of Robert Mueller? Here's another
question. Why are they so lazy, so predictable, so partisan?" Hannity
said on his "Hannity" television show Thursday.
The
clarifying remarks addressed Mueller's comments that indicting
President Trump was "not an option," which many in the media concluded
was due to a policy that a sitting president cannot be indicted, even
though Mueller did not directly say that.
“The Attorney General
has previously stated that the Special Counsel repeatedly affirmed that
he was not saying that, but for the [Office of Legal Counsel] opinion,
he would have found the President obstructed justice,” said Justice
Department spokeswoman Kerri Kupec and special counsel spokesman Peter
Carr in a statement.
“The Special Counsel’s report and his
statement today made clear that the office concluded it would not reach a
determination – one way or the other – about whether the President
committed a crime. There is no conflict between these statements,” they
said.
Hannity believed Mueller contradicted himself.
"Mueller
needed to walk back everything he said yesterday in a dramatic fashion
because he totally contradicted everything that he had been saying,"
Hannity said.
The Fox News host continued to hammer the media.
"They
say they are objective. They are anything but. But why are they
choosing to put fake news narratives over the facts that after two-plus
years of lying and choosing to relentlessly smear, slander, besmirch
anybody who dares to question their lack of ethics and not objectivity,"
Hannity said.
Hannity also noted a report by Vanity Fair that the New York Times was steering its reporters and editors away from MSNBC and CNN appearances.
"They
are now scared, taking notice, and they are realizing, uh oh, they've
been duped by the conspiracy TV media mob. Look at this new report,"
Hannity said.
North
Korea has executed five officials for their part in the failed second
summit between President Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un,
according to a South Korean newspaper.
Citing the newspaper, Bloomberg News
reported that Kim Hyok Chol, North Korea's special envoy to the U.S.,
was executed by firing squad in March for being "won over by the
American imperialists to betray the supreme leader."
The paper
also claimed that four other North Korean Foreign Ministry
officials were executed that same month because of the breakdown of the
February summit in Hanoi, Vietnam, but did not provide details.
Kim Hyok Chol, North Korea's special envoy to the U.S., and four
other North Korean foreign ministry officials, were executed because of
the breakdown of the February North Korea-U.S. summit in Hanoi, Vietnam.
(REUTERS, File)
Trump’s
much-anticipated summit with Kim ended abruptly and without the two
leaders signing any agreements over nuclear disarmament.
Kim aide Kim Yong Chol is reportedly undergoing hard labor for his role in the breakdown. (REUTERS, File)
Top Kim aide Kim Yong Chol is reportedly undergoing hard labor for his role in the breakdown.
He had been Kim’s most trusted policy adviser and was removed from one of his posts.
President Trump meeting with Kim Yong Chol this past January 18 in
the Oval Office. (Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead,
File)
He
even was seen in photos with President Trump at the White House over
the past year, delivering letters from the North Korean dictator.
Kim
Yong Chol has been North Korea’s top nuclear negotiator and the
counterpart of U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo since Kim entered
nuclear talks with the U.S. early last year. Fox News' Bradford Betz contributed to this story.
Some supporters of 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders say they are seeing a repeat of the Democratic National Committee’s 2016 treatment of their candidate, according to a report.
These Sanders supporters claim the DNC leadership is giving preferential treatment to 2020 frontrunner Joe Biden, after the former vice president's surge in the polls, just as they did Hillary Clinton three years ago, the Washington Times reported.
The
supporters of Sanders, a U.S. senator from Vermont, say they mistrust
polls showing Biden holding a commanding lead over the 23-candidate
Democratic field, and some say they may stage another revolt at the
party's 2020 national convention in Milwaukee, just as they did in
Philadelphia in 2016, if Biden gets the nomination.
Laurie
Cestnick, a Sanders supporter who founded Occupy DNC, told the
Washington Times they’re frustrated that the mainstream media doesn’t
cover many of their candidate's events.
“The mainstream media and the DNC are colluding against the American people," she said. "That’s what it feels like. It’s the same thing all over again."
“The
mainstream media and the DNC are colluding against the American people.
That’s what it feels like. It’s the same thing all over again." — Laurie Cestnick, Sanders supporter who founded Occupy DNC
After
the fracturing of the Sanders wing of the party in 2016, many
Democratic candidates, including Sanders, signed a unity pledge saying
they’ll support the eventual nominee. The DNC chairman has also adopted
new rules to make the process fairer, including denying superdelegates a
vote in the first ballot at the convention, the Times reported.
FILE: A construction worker watches a section of fencing be moved for a
privately-funded border fence on private land in Sunland Park, New
Mexico.
(AP)
Sunland
Park’s Mayor Javier Perea
A legal dispute unfolded this week between private contractors who have built a half-mile fence between a New Mexico city and Mexico, and the mayor of that city who is arguing that the fence didn’t get proper authorization.
“We
Build the Wall,” began construction of the border fence on private land
in Sunland Park, N.M., last Friday using money raised through
crowdfunding, the Dallas Morning News reported. The city shares a border with El Paso, Texas and Mexico.
The company had planned to finish construction by Friday, but Sunland
Park’s Mayor Javier Perea said Tuesday that the 18-foot fence surpasses
the city’s maximum height of 6 feet. On Wednesday, he issued a
cease-and-desist order.
Dustin Stockton, vice president and
co-founder of We Build the Wall, said the company was undeterred by
Perea and felt that the company was in compliance with city regulations.
“Sunland
Park sent out a building inspector out to inspect the site before we
started building,” Stockton said. “There was an inspector on site when
we did the first concrete pour, and each time along the way we were
given permission to continue to build while our application was
processed.”
Perea told KOAT 7
that the cease-and-desist has been turned over to a municipal court. We
Build the Wall said they will hold a rally Thursday in support of
finishing the project. The Associated Press contributed to this report.
While some Democrats are desperate to go all in with impeaching President Trump, Special Counsel Robert Mueller has just dealt House Speaker Nancy Pelosi a "pair of deuces," according to Fox News' Geraldo Rivera.
Rivera, speaking on "The Five" Wednesday, said Pelosi might be forced to convince those in her party to fold their impeachment hand in the wake of Special Counsel Mueller's rare public statements.
"If
this was cards, Mueller dealt Pelosi a pair of deuces," Rivera opined.
"She's holding a pair of deuces now, do you go forward with impeachment
with a pair of deuces?"
Rivera was reacting to Mueller's comment Wednesday his team did not have the “option” to charge Trump,
that there “was not sufficient evidence to charge a conspiracy” with
regard to whether members of the Trump campaign coordinated with the
Russian government during the 2016 presidential election
But Mueller also addressed the president's possible obstruction of justice which has lead to renewed interest in impeachment proceedings among Democrats.
“If
we had had confidence that the president clearly did not commit a
crime, we would have said that,” Mueller said Wednesday. “We did not
determine whether the president did commit a crime.”
On "The Five," co-host Greg Gutfeld was critical of Mueller for yet again fueling the belief that Trump may have committed a crime.
"If you're not going to resolve this you just can't throw that out there," Gutfeld said.
Gutfeld
also blamed the Democrats and the media for forcing Mueller to indulge
them and noted in the end they will be disappointed with the results.
"I
think the media and the Democrats forced his hand and he had to do
this. This is now the fourth bite of a rotten apple, right. The first
was the summary that came out, the media spit it out. Then the second
was the release, they spit it out. The third was having Barr come on,
they spit that out," Gutfeld said.
"Now he's got this presser. They're not going to be happy with this. Why do we keep indulging this?"
Fox News host Sean Hannity was in rare form on Wednesday evening's "Hannity," declaring "act one" over, in reaction to Special Counsel Robert Mueller's comments on the Russia investigation and also challenging Democrats to impeach President Trump.
"Without
a doubt the radical extreme democratic socialist party, they are
clamoring for impeachment more than ever before. Here is my message to
them tonight: Go for it, go for it. I want you to reach for the stars,"
Hannity said during his monologue.
"Without a doubt
the radical extreme democratic socialist party, they are clamoring for
impeachment more than ever before. Here is my message to them tonight:
Go for it." — Sean Hannity
"Stay right there and don't solve any more problems of the American people or serve the people who put you in Washington."
The
host, who was No. 1 in May's cable news ratings, warned Democrats that
impeachment was "political suicide" for those who can't "handle the
truth" of the recent Russia investigation developments or the 2016
election results.
"I'm going to enjoy watching you dig the hole deeper every day," Hannity said.
Hannity was reacting to Mueller's Wednesday news conference, where
the special counsel addressed his report, saying his team did not have
the “option” to charge Trump, that there “was not sufficient evidence to
charge a conspiracy” with regard to whether members of the Trump
campaign coordinated with the Russian government during the 2016
presidential election
But Mueller also addressed the president's possible obstruction of justice, which has lead to renewed interest in impeachment proceedings among Democrats.
Hannity blasted Mueller and criticized him for sparking an "impeachment fantasy."
"Mueller
has spent 25-plus million dollars investigating a hoax and now, for the
fourth time, we have a conclusion," Hannity said. "No coercion and no
conspiracy. Today he officially resigned from the office of special
counsel but not before showing the world, of course, what we already
know on this program, his partisan hackery true colors, if you will."
The
Fox News host was incensed that Mueller did not take questions from
reporters and listed the questions that he wants Mueller to answer,
swearing that Mueller "will be held accountable."
"I want Mueller
under oath. I want him held accountable. I want him answering those
questions," Hannity said. "It's now more important than ever."
California senator and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris assured town hall attendees on Tuesday night that the "odds-on favorite" under Medicare For All is that you will be able to keep your doctor.
Harris
was asked about her plans for healthcare reform during a televised town
hall in South Carolina. She responded by reiterating her belief that
access to healthcare should be a "right" and how she's been a proud
supporter of Medicare For All.
She then knocked the skeptics who
question whether they'd be able to keep their doctor under Medicare For
All, which she admitted was an "understandable point."
"Well 91%
of the doctors in the United States are in the Medicare system, so the
odds-on favorite is that you will be able to keep your doctor," Harris
said.
The senator's remarks resemble the assurances President
Obama gave while promoting the Affordable Care Act, where he told
Americans that "If you like your health care plan, you can keep it,"
something Politifact declared as "Lie of the Year" in 2013.
MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell later pressed Harris on which Medicare For All proposals would she sign as president.
"Mandatory Medicare for everyone," O'Donnell said.
"For everyone," Harris responded.
"So that does mean giving up their current private healthcare plans," O'Donnell followed.
"No,
but they would be entitled to receive and have basically supplemental
insurance, but under Medicare For All and my vision for Medicare For
All, we would expand the coverage of Medicare so it would include
dental, it would vision for our seniors, it would include hearing aids,
which are so expensive," Harris continued. "The goal is that everyone is
going to be in the same system."
Dr. Drew Pinsky (Getty Images)
