Rafael Pi Roman speaks with Donald G. McNeil, Jr., Science and Health Reporter at The New York Times, about President Obama’s declaration of a H1N1 national emergency, and the reports of shortages of the H1N1 vaccine.

In this 9/11 edition of “What’s Really Going On”, Rafael visits Ground Zero in New York to find out how progress is going at the World Trade Center construction site.

Correspondent Rafael Pi Roman speaks with New York City Health Commissioner Thomas Farley about the expected return of the H1N1 virus during the normal flu season.

WNET.ORG Special Correspondent Rafael Pi Roman investigates how and why the recent power struggle in Albany happened, speaking with Laura Seago of NYU’s Brennan Center for Justice about the structural problems in the legislature, and Carol Kellerman, President of the Citizens Budget Commission, about the economic consequences of the Albany mess for the city of New York.

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WNET.ORG Special Correspondent Rafael Pi Roman speaks with Dr. Philip Alcabes, an infectious-disease expert at Hunter College, about the reclassification of the swine flu as a pandemic, and what that means for New York.

WNET.ORG Special Correspondent Rafael Pi Roman goes all over the city to document the impact of the H1N1 virus, talking to doctors, parents, politicians and regular New Yorkers about how they’re coping during the flu outbreak.