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( Julia Longoria: Vann, I was I was so sorry to hear about your mom passing. Um, how how are you holding up? Vann R. Newkirk II: Longoria: Newkirk: ( Newkirk: Longoria: Newkirk: She was a teacher, and lots of kids would ask if my mom ever blinked. [Longoria laughs.] She never cursed. She was terrified of anything that did not have legs: snakes, slugs, worms. [Longoria laughs again.] The thing I think about a lot and it’s a really weird, dumb thing to think about, but, you know, grief does really weird things to your brain I think a lot about her hands. She and I have, like, strangely similar hands. Long, spindly fingers. Our knuckles are very prominent. It’s like branches on a tree, almost. That’s the first thing I think about when I think about her, uh, because it was such a reminder that she was me. ....
reporter: blake ellis and melanie hicken reviewed thousands of pages of internal and government emails, documents, inmate medical records and autopsy reports. and they spoke to more than 50 former and current employees of the company. a common theme we heard was they believe the company s focus on cost cutting, on saving money for the government clients had resulted in substandard care and in some cases deaths that could have been prevented. reporter: cnn found the company has been sued for more than 70 deaths in the last five years. when there s litigation going on, you only see the negative outcomes. reporter: dr. newkirk spoke to cnn on behalf of the ccs/wellpath company. internal documents, emails, medical records, autopsy records. and when we give it to an outside group of experts, pattern seems to be, according to them, that there is a denial ....
Of care going on here. unfortunately, bad things do happen in any health care organization. so, yes, the experts may see a pattern, but that s a very, very small number compared to the actual number of people whom we totally serve across the united states. reporter: dr. newkirk and wellpath refused to comment on specific cases. but deny allegations care is being withheld to boost profits. our staff are told never to allow financial anything, even their perception that there is somehow they should be saving us money. their job is to provide the best clinical care that they can. reporter: but in tacoma, washington, pierce county officials say the best clinical care is nowhere near what its 1100 inmates received at the county s jail when a ccs subsidiary took over its health care. we have a constitutional responsibility to this part of the population and they re ....
Ignoring the terror that it actually stood for. after the civil war, the monuments were part of the terrorism as much as burning a cross on someone s lawn. they were erected to send a strong message to all that walked in the shadows about who is still in charge in this city. new orleans mayor mitch landrieu s remarkable speech explaining his decision to remove statues honoring the confederacy. from kansas city, missouri, to braidenton, florida, austin, texas and durham, north carolina, removing of confederate statues took place across the nation and some were not happy about it. my panel is back with me. let me go to you first, mr. newkirk and really it started a can you remember years ago when they started protesting confederates on campuses and ....
We start in st. louis, missouri where there are reports of twisters after strong storm stos blew in. knocked downpouru lines, knocked down trees. all that sparking power outages across the area. now to newkirk, oklahoma, tornado watches have been posted there. this storm bringing with it large hail and damaging winds. how would you like to see this out of your car window? tornadoes are a real possibility. over to madison county, illinois. clean yuch is underway after powerful storms rolled through. the national weather service saying at least one tornado touched down is this indiana or illinois? i m trying to see. indiana. the high winds ripping off roofs. damaging lines and leaving tens of thousands of folks in the dark at the height of this storm. the pictures are devastating. high winds are whipping up ....