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Could Coronavirus Turn Into the Next Spanish Flu?

Clip: 2/27/2020 | 2m 16sVideo has Closed Captions

Former CDC director Tom Frieden discusses the severity of the coronavirus situation.

For the first time ever, there are now more new infections of coronavirus outside mainland China--where it originated--than inside, where it originated, and the world is scrambling to contain it. Tom Frieden was director of the Centers for Disease Control during the Ebola crisis, and joins the show to explain the severity of the crisis and how the U.S. should respond.

02/27/2020

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Jean Vanier's Biographer Reacts to News of Abusive Behavior

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Clip: 2/27/2020 | 2m 57s | Michael Higgins reacts to news that "living saint" Jean Vanier was actually an abuser. (2m 57s)

A Shocking New Look at the 2008 Housing Crisis

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Clip: 2/27/2020 | 19m 12s | Journalist Aaron Glantz explores the 2008 housing crisis in his new book "Homewreckers." (19m 12s)

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