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Speaker 1 (00:02):
BIA News this hour, Dog Davis coming up.

Speaker 2 (00:04):
We're going to be exposed, and that's not just a
threat to our health and wellbeing, that's a threat to
our national security.

Speaker 1 (00:11):
Doctors are pushing back after yesterday said it. Hearing with
RFK Junior, we'll hear from a leading black public health physician,
plus popular sports commentator and culture critic Stephen A. Smith
names his picks for Democratic leadership. Man still ahead, black
workers left behind in the August jobs report. But first,
here's BIA News Now.

Speaker 3 (00:29):
DC Attorney General Brian Schwab issuing the Trump administration over
National Guard deployment, calling it a legal and harmful Black
Mayor Muriel Bowser deferred comment.

Speaker 4 (00:38):
My focus and the focus of our Emergency Operations Center
is on planning for the exit out of the emergency
next week and post emergency operations in the district.

Speaker 3 (00:50):
The lawsuit sides violations of federal and local laws. Justice
Samy Cony Barrett denied a constitutional crisis, defending the Supreme
Court's integrity despite back lash over Trump related rulings and
declining public trust, and Senior Sierra has legally added husband
Russell Wilson surnames were eldest son futures name, aligning him
with his siblings and honoring both family unity and his

(01:12):
biological father, Rapper Future. The couple says communication is key
to having a successful blended family. Gid B I in
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iHeartRadio app. Now back to Dog Davis.

Speaker 1 (01:24):
Alli, thank you. After yesterday's ten cented hearing, Health and
Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Junior is catching heat
for firing CDC Director Susan Bonarees and pushing vaccine changes
that critics say could undercut science limit access. As RFK
Junior moves out members of the CDC Vaccine Advisory Panel
and moving in his team, public health physician African American

(01:46):
doctor Christy Purnell explains to CNN that she's really concerned
about this.

Speaker 2 (01:51):
They were our last line of defense, right, bread and
butter scientists, those who are going to pore over the
data and say what is the best recommendation to make
to safeguard all Americans, especially those who are marginalized and vulnerable.
Now that we know we will have people who will
put politics above facts, we're going to be exposed. And

(02:13):
that's not just a threat to our health and wellbeing.
That's a threat to our national security.

Speaker 1 (02:18):
Doctor Purnell adds that she's also concerned about other vaccines
like HPV, which she knows can prevent cancer, and is
calling on everyday Americans to stand up where their doctors
can say, I want to be healthy. I Meanwhile, today's
job report shows a sharp decline in hiring, with just
twenty two thousand jobs added in the month of August
and then unemployment rate of four point three percent. But

(02:39):
for black workers and especially black women, the damage runs deeper.
The black unemployment rate is at seven point five percent,
the highest of all racial demographics, and matches that of
black women, up from five point four percent since January.
African American Valerie Ralston Wilson directs the Economic Policy Institute,
and wasting on the declines with NBC.

Speaker 5 (02:58):
News that have occurred over the first half of this
year have disproportionately been born by Black women. Not so
much that all of a sudden, all the black workers
are being let go, but if you're cutting out departments
that do that, I mean people that work in those
departments were more likely to be Black workers.

Speaker 1 (03:18):
The numbers reflect sizeable freederal workforce cuts and reductions in
hiring and DEI rollbacks education, healthcare, and public service sectors,
all due to the Trump administration. Community activists are calling
for a reset and for Congress to fund black led
employment initiatives, which we all know most likely won't happen
under a Trump presidency. And finally, Stephen A. Smith is

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making ways by naming two Democratic governors he believes their
best position to lead the party into the future. Smith
said this while being interviewed on Fox News.

Speaker 6 (03:48):
I believe there Wes Moore would be an ideal candidate,
and I think jos Shapiroud to governor of Pennsylvania. I
think he's another individual like that. Those are the two
that come to my mind. Smith, who lives in New
York City.

Speaker 1 (03:59):
Also I'm ented on Merrill Hopeful Zo ran Man Donnie
saying he's too far left. Smith made it clear he's
a capitalist, not a socialist, and wants a leader that
reflects that. All right, stay informed, stay connected, and subscribe,
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I'm Doug Davis for the Black Information Network.