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So we're preparing for the worst. and teams are coming in from outside. we've had amazing international assistance and help. field hospitals are going to be set up. and we've also sent our local physicians into the disaster zones to help. >> when you say you're preparing for the worst, what is that preparation? what might that look like? >> so we need to -- being the only hospital, we have to prepare for the incoming zones. we need more bed capacity. we're increasing that. and chronic patients are going to start coming in. persons with diabetes, hypertension, they've lost their medication, the...

You get sidetracked. let's get back to the subject about what happened today on the hill. this is hhs commander jonathan white testifying today he expressed concerns to the administration that separating children from their parents was a bad thing. watch this. >> during the deliberative process over the previos year we raised a number of of concerns in the program about any policy which would result in family separation due to concerns we had about the best interest of the child as well as about whether that would be operational supportable with the bed capacity we have. there's no question. t...

Any policy which would result in family separation due to concerns we had about the best interest of the child as well as about whether that would be operational supportable with the bed capacity we have. there's no question. there's no question that separation of children from parents entails significant potential for traumatic psychological injury to the child. >> so the fact that he warned the administration, warned the administration officials about a policy that would result in pain and suffering to children but clearly he was ignored, what does that tell you? >> that tells me this was no...

Separation. due to concerns we had about the best interests of the child as well as about whether that would be operationally supportable and the bed capacity we have. >> that was an hhs official, asked by senator blumenthal, hey, did anyone there say don't rip the families apart? and i'll read this again. during the deliberative process, over the previous year, we raised concerns about any position which results in family separation due to the best interests of the child. in other words, absolutely we raise concerns. absolutely we warn them not to do it. absolutely it would be terrible for th...

Any member of this panel saying to anyone, maybe this isn't such a good idea. commander? >> during the deliberative process over the previous year, we raised a number of concerns in the program about any policy which would result in family separation. due to concerns we had about the best interests of the child as well as about whether that would be operationally supportable and the bed capacity we have. >> that was an hhs official, asked by senator blumenthal, hey, did anyone there say don't rip the families apart? and i'll read this again. during the deliberative process, over the previous y...