Save Us From Us: WHO Says US Could Become Epicenter of COVID-19 Pandemic

On this episode of The Critical Hour, Dr. Wilmer Leon is joined by Dr.
Ajamu Baraka, journalist and American political activist.

As COVID-19 continues to spread across America’s bipartisan political
landscape, will the country be able to save itself? "With a global
pandemic testing the country’s political, financial, social and moral
fabric, there are growing signs that answering in the affirmative has
become increasingly difficult," the Washington Post reported Sunday.

"Top lawmakers and the Trump administration worked to clear the
remaining hurdles for a deal on an estimated $2 trillion stimulus
package, a massive bill designed to shield the US economy from the
most drastic consequences of the coronavirus pandemic," the Wall
Street Journal reported Tuesday. "Negotiators reconvened this morning,
with some lawmakers predicting that the two sides were hours away from
securing a final agreement." America is waiting, and the Senate could
move to quickly vote on the package later on Tuesday, if an agreement
is reached. All of this while Common reams reported Monday, "For the
second time in less than 24 hours, a largely united Senate Democratic
caucus on Monday stopped Republicans from advancing a nearly $2
trillion coronavirus stimulus package that progressives have
characterized as a massive bailout for corporate America that leaves
ordinary people out to dry." What’s really going on here?

"In a sign of mounting frustration with Afghanistan's leaders,
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced early Tuesday [local time]
that the United States would cut $1 billion in aid to the country
because of its inability to form a unity government to negotiate with
the Taliban," the Washington Post reported Monday. What’s going on
here? Is Pompeo talking to himself?

GUESTS:
Dr. Ajamu Baraka — Journalist, American political activist and former
Green Party nominee for vice president of the United States in the
2016 election.

Dr. Jack Rasmus — Professor of economics at Saint Mary's College of
California and author of "Central Bankers at the End of Their Ropes:
Monetary Policy and the Coming Depression."

Dr. Marvin Weinbaum — Scholar-in-residence and director of the Middle
East Institute's Center for Pakistan and Afghanistan Studies.