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freedom of speech. thats the most basic of all of the freedoms. thats why its enshrined in the first amendment to the bill of rights. its central not only to freedom but to humanity. we can speak. thats our power. in the beginning was the word declares john in the opening of the fourth gospel. the word is the most important thing we have. take away our ability to choose our own words and we are no longer human. we are subject and chattel. authoritiarians understand this. they mate free...

the freedom that matters is the freedom to speak your mind, the freedom of speech. thats the most basic and essential of all the freedoms. and thats why its enshrined in the very first amendment to the bill of rights. its central not simply to freedom, but to humanity. its not opposable thumbs that separate us from the animalsk. thats our power. words in the beginning was the word, declares john . at the opening of the fourth gospel, the word the word is the most important thing that w...

Themselves deal with pain or re relax, that those pills unless theyve been striebed by a doctor or dispensed by a pharmacy are most likely counterfeit and can kill a child. its important that parents talk to their teens about this. as a practicing pediatrician who works with families and talks to kids every day, many families are unaware this is going on, even despite the fact that in the year 2021 fentanyl killed the equivalent to a high school classroom every week across the united states. >> ...

Mutilation. that was only a couple of years ago. now genital mutilation is the cutting edge of cool and people are getting rich from it. amber from london obtained lecture slides from george town university hospital in washington, d.c. what that are they doing? >> its disturbing. the students are taught up lies and propaganda. this is not an elbgtqive course. -- etchings lengthive course. its a requirement for first year medical students. and dr. david rightman is a practicing pediatrician is

Mutilation. >> remember, that was only a couple of years ago. there are whole groups against female mutilation. but now mutilation is like the cutting edge of cool and people getting rich from it. and were athie with the spectator. london has done a lot of research on this. shes just obtained lecture slides from georgetown school of medicine, which was once a respected place. the spectator published a story moments ago. imber joins us first on this show to explain what she found. thanks so much ...

Be mild, but we will see more children in the hospital and unfortunately, we will see more children who lose their life to this largely preventable infection. >> dr. besser, were seeing in some states school leaders in some cases now defying governors, telling parents, please send your children to school with masks on. what about parents, though, who are worried about the other children in class who might not have a mask on, how big of a danger is this? >> well, you know, i think its important t...

Are working and without them, we could have even more people in the hospital. david? >> all right, victor oquendo reporting in tonight. victor, thank you. and you heard the troubling numbers on children and the virus tonight, driven by this delta variant. and with millions of schoolchildren heading back to school, we know many of you have questions about all of this at home. lets get right to dr. richard besser, someone we know well here, former acting director of the cdc. the president of the r...

And a lot of children -- any child death due to a firearm is a preventable death. so as pediatricians, we are taught to and are encouraged to and feel obligated to discuss that particular item as a safety issue. as i read the bill, we wouldnt be allowed to even ask whether they have a firearm. >> youve been a practicing pediatrician in tall hat see for 35 years. how often have you run into parents who didnt want you asking about firearms in the house? >> thats never been an issue that ive been a...

>> youve been a practicing pediatrician in tallahassee for 35 years. how often have you run into parents who didnt want you asking about firearms in the house? >> thats never been an issue that ive been aware of, and im also the executive for the pediatricians of the state. im not aware of our members seeing that as a problem. we more commonly run into this with parents who dont want their children immunized or who want special immunization schedules. >> how many cases have you heard about of do...