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Was both the u.s. navy ship "comfort" and the javits center emergency medical facility were supposed to be for non-covid people. the plan was they would be a relief valve for the local hospitals to take the non-covid patients and then more covid patients could go into the hospitals. what has happened is the covid patients have overwhelmed the hospitals. hospitals have now just basically turned into icu units with covid patients. and because everything is closed down, there are fewer normal traum...

Through the state. youve been watching it as every state, every county is colored in. were going to shift resources all across the state to whatever place has that need at that time, and were going to make sure every hospital has the resources they need to do the normal business. what is fascinating is the normal business has dropped off dramatically for a hospital. why? we canceled all elective surgery. so elective non-critical surgery is not happening. and when we closed down most of society a...

All plan, harris said she supports, would effectively eliminate private insurance with few exceptions, like elective surgery. the topic has tripped her before. >> i dont know if your insurance be company is going to cover this. lets eliminate all of that. lets move on. >> it was in the context of saying lets get rid of all the bureaucracy. >> not the insurance companies? >> no, thats not what i meant. i know it was interpreted that way. >> reporter: now the debate also challenged pete buttigieg....

Could compound over time. which patients, dr. mani could be most at risk? >> well, very concerned about mental health. ptsd, mental health issues are an important core medical service that is under a lot of pressure. we dont have enough psychiatrists, mental health clinics, mental health professionals working for the va hospitals and this is a subgroup of patients that need immediate attention. i fear for that. i also fear of course for a lot of the veterans and military personnel and their fami...

Licenses is a reflection of where society has reached. >> i understand. im listening to your every word, especially as a woman. but when i read, just for people who dont know, you know, saudi arabia or as are familiar as you are. you cant marry, divorce, travel, open a bank account, have a job, have elective surgery without -- >> brooke, i dont mean to interrupt you, but i really have to stop you there. forgive me for interjecting -- >> sure, please. >> but as a saudi woman, i can tell you, i ac...

Preparations. >> all around the keys where they have small medical centers, they had mandatory evacuations. most of the hospitals in florida i spoke for them today, they are staying open. of course, no elective surgery, asking everybody to not go to the hospitals if you dont have to. their medical staff is being sequestered, nursing staff which is always great, nurses are fantastic because they are the backbone of every hospital. eric: they are. >> they work double, triple shifts in these types ...

That emergency responders would be able to get down some of these streets. now, some of these streets are blocked off, but theyre blocked off by law enforcement at this point, not by masses of people who were out here. so if an emergency vehicle did need to get through, theyd have a much easier time now, but again, out of an abundance of caution, of course the hospital said, listen, if you have an elective surgery, were going to cancel it because its probably not a good idea to be out and about ...

Policies like. this. brian: when you talk about transgenders its estimated .2%, 2450 are transgender. and in reserves, the same thing, .2% in reserves. the question is maybe you can get in and talk about who is serving already effectively as opposed to who is coming. in number two is who is paying for the surgery? i dont think the american taxpayers are comfortable paying for elective surgery. last surveyed 23% of voters say transgenders enlistment is good for the military. so that means for peo...

His different comments hes made? that will be his biggest challenge and frankly we may not have an answer until march 15th. >> youre so right on that. im going to get a bunch of tweets and messages on facebook after this segment saying how unfair i was or how over the top i was for donald trump. hard to please everybody. eboni and mercedes, thank you. >> thank you. fox news alert now to tell you about coming into fox, democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders in the hospital today. the ...

They are narcissistic. but theyre not angry. to a ge gree, we all are. >> the showing of the tex sex appeal with the young girls. >> they have a medical plan that allows physical adjustments at elective surgery. i dont think we should really judge. >> harve vard suffered a major defeat. its not as good as it once was because they got beaten by -- >> three prisoners on the debate team. theres a bar college debate team. and the one that they have in common, theyre all convicted of violent crimes. ...