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Here’s a summary of the day from Lauren Gambino and me:
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are in Atlanta meeting with Asian American leaders. Follow our coverage of their meeting here
- ” Science is back” Biden stated throughout a check out to the CDC in Atlanta on Friday.
- 4 men linked to the far-right Proud Boys have been charged with plotting to attack the United States Capitol
- The Republican congressman Tom Reed has been implicated of sexual misbehavior by a former lobbyist. Reed, who is considering a run for guv of New york city, has actually denied her account.
- DHS secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is traveling Friday to El Paso, Texas, with a bipartisan group of senators amidst spiraling political fallout from a boost in migrants arriving at the US-Mexico border.
- Mar-a-Lago Trump’s Palm Beach, Florida, country club has actually partly closed following a Covid-19 outbreak among the personnel.
- Alyssa McGrath became the first current staff member to implicate New York Guv Andrew Cuomo of sexual harassment.
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Dick’s Sporting Item is offering to equip the NCAA ladies’s basketball group’s weight space with truckloads of devices. The NCAA came under fire after female professional athletes shared pictures and videos of comparing their weight room, meals, and amenities to that of male athletes who are residing in the March Madness bubble.
AJ McCord
( @AJ_McCord)Here are the distinctions in amenities/provisions in between the Women’s & Men’s NCAA Tournament I’ve seen so far
– Weight room/equipment
– Food
– Boodle BagsImages from: @Cpav15, @sedonaprince_, @danhenry3, @alikershner pic.twitter.com/2YfCeXaJNn
The NCAA admitted that they “fell short” and dropped the ball, in a declaration published to their Twitter page.
NCAA
( @NCAA)NCAA leaders deal with weight space, other facilities in San Antonio: https://t.co/XJrm0njBx4 pic.twitter.com/uvqcQdDALi
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The church that the man charged with eliminating 8 people in a recent mass shooting in Georgia went to has actually disavowed him, the Associated Press reports In a declaration, Crabapple First Baptist Church in Milton, Georgia states that Robert Aaron Long participated in the church because childhood, and his actions totally oppose the Christian worths he upheld.
No blame can be positioned upon the victims,” Crabapple First Baptist informed the AP. “He alone is responsible for his wicked actions and desires.”
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Joe Biden and Kamala Harris offered speeches at Emory University in Atlanta, following the ravaging mass shooting that left eight individuals, consisting of six Asian females, dead. The pair also met numerous Asian leaders in Georgia.
The vice-president– who is half-Asian– definitively called the series of shootings a hate crime, while the Biden avoided the expression, pointing out the ongoing investigation.
Today
( @ThisWeekABC)Pres. Biden on fatal Atlanta shootings: “Whatever the inspiration, we understand this: A lot of Asian Americans have been walking up and down the streets and worrying, getting up each early morning the previous year feeling their safety and the safety of their enjoyed ones are at stake.” pic.twitter.com/KISzPvhQ3j
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Joe Biden is doing simply great after taking 3 little falls while going up the stairs to Flying force one earlier today. Conservatives, consisting of Donald Trump Jr, have actually seized on the video Biden’s vertigo and argued that Democrats must scrutinize Biden’s health with the same intensity they did Donald Trump, whose mental and physical conditioning was frequently questioned.
Authorities insisted there was no damage done. Karine Jean-Pierre, the deputy White Home press secretary, told press reporters on Flying force One: ” It’s very windy. I nearly fell showing up the actions myself. He is doing 100%fine.”
Joe Biden stumbles on actions of Air Force One– video.
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Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump’s club and hotel, has been partly shut down following a Covid-19 outbreak, the Associated Press reports Given that he lost his quote for a second term Trump has been living at the Palm Beach, Florida, resort where he takes routine conferences with his staying Republican allies.
Just 5 days ago Sarah Huckabee, former White House press secretary and present Republican prospect for Arkansas guv, had a project event at Mar-a-Lago. Trump made a look.
Sarah Huckabee Sanders
( @SarahHuckabee)Excellent weekend on the campaign path featuring a surprise look at one of my occasions by President Trump! pic.twitter.com/mn81 i9AbsU
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Today Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are speaking at Emory University on the wave of hate and violence facing Asian Americans. My coworker Adam Gabbatt is following the speech here:
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Today, a staffer in Andrew Cuomo’s office became the very first existing worker to come forward with unwanted sexual advances claims against the guv. The Guardian’s Victoria Biekiempis has an introduction of the current bombshell that was published by the New York City Times:
Alyssa McGrath, 33 told the newspaper that Cuomo made suggestive declarations to her and another staffer. McGrath stated that this co-worker is the female who implicated Cuomo of searching.
” He has a method of making you feel very comfortable around him, practically like you’re his good friend,” McGrath apparently stated. “But then you walk away from the encounter or discussion, in your head going, ‘I can’t believe I simply had that interaction with the governor of New york city.'”
While McGrath does not work directly for Cuomo, she declared that she and her colleague were frequently selected from the group of executive chamber assistants to work at the guv’s mansion on weekends.
The guv has denied misbehavior, and stated that his relationships with staffers he considered to be pals might have been misinterpreted.
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Alejandro Mayorkas, the secretary of homeland security, and a bipartisan mate of Senate members just finished a journey to the El Paso border to check out centers that have actually seen a surge in accompanied minors.
Previously this week Trisha Garcia reported on the mad dash to include migrant children who are coming into the city for the Guardian.
Latest data exposed that more than 4,200 unaccompanied migrant children were now in US custody, but only 500 beds were available, the Associated Press stated, even more reporting that hundreds were loaded into camping tents, some sleeping on the floor and waiting five days for a shower.
Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut accompanied Mayorkas and shared his reflections in a series of tweets:
Chris Murphy
( @ChrisMurphyCT)Just left the border processing center.
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Hello, this is Abené Clayton from the west coast bureau. I’m going to be taking control of the live blog for the next couple of hours.
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Late afternoon summary
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are in Atlanta meeting with Asian American leaders. Follow our protection of their meeting here
- ” Science is back” Biden declared throughout a visit to the CDC in Atlanta on Friday.
- Four men linked to the far best the Proud Boys have actually been charged with plotting to attack the US Capitol
- Republican congressman Tom Reed has been implicated of sexual misconduct by a former lobbyist. Reed, who is considering a run for governor of New york city, has actually rejected her account.
- DHS secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is taking a trip Friday to El Paso with a bipartisan group of senators in the middle of spiraling political fallout from a spike of migrants coming to the US-Mexico border.
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Previously today, your home overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan resolution condemning the military coup in Myanmar on 1 February and calling for the release of those apprehended.
But fourteen Republicans voted against the measure. The list includes numerous arch-conservatives who objected to the electoral accreditation of Biden’s presidential triumph following the insurrection at the US Capitol by supporters devoted to Trump.
Manu Raju
( @mkraju)14 Home Republicans voted versus a resolution condemning the military coup in Myanmar, per @kristin__wilson:
Lauren Boebert
Andy Biggs
Matt Gaetz
Tom Massie
Ken Buck
Mary Miller
Chip Roy
Jodey Hice
Alex Mooney
Scott Perry
Andy Harris
Ted Budd
Barry Moore
Marjorie Taylor Greene
A spokesperson for Pennsylvania congressman Scott Perry, who voted against certifying his state’s electors, told Forbes that the procedure was an “obvious attempt to trap Republican politicians into condemning the claims of evidence of election scams in Burma” while “perpetuating comparable claims (in the Democrat’s views) of proof in US elections.”
Arizona congressman Andy Biggs, who objected to the accreditation of his state’s electoral votes, denounced the violence in a video published to Twitter, however stated he thought that the resolution was a way for the US to “put our foot in the door in Burma.”
Myanmar is likewise known as Burma.
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We have a separate live blog following the most recent advancements on the spa shootings that left eight dead, consisting of six women of Asian descent. Tune in here for our complete coverage of Biden’s go to with Asian American leaders in Atlanta.
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Twitter stated is temporarily suspended the account of congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene in mistake.
“ We use a combination of technology and human review to enforce the Twitter Rules throughout the service,” a spokeswoman for the social media giant stated.
Reacting on Twitter after her account was brought back, Greene called into question the description and required the company’s CEO, Jack Dorsey, divulge the name of the worker who removed her account in error.
She composed: “I was just told @Twitter suspended me for 12 hrs in “error,” on the very same day Dems introduced a resolution to expel me from Congress. What a coincidence
Twitter’s little mistake wasn’t dealt with up until after 12 hrs. @jack which staff member made the ‘mistake?’ Reply to my email, Jack.”
Greene, a conspiracy-peddling conservative acolyte of Donald Trump, had her account locked once before in January for what Twitter stated was “several violations of our civic integrity policy,” consisting of false claims of citizen fraud in the 2020 presidential election.
Greene’s last tweets before her account was briefly suspended on Thursday night madly knocked the Democratic effort to expel her from Congress.
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President Biden and Vice President Harris go to the Centers for Disease Control and Avoidance in Atlanta Photo: Carlos Barría/ Reuters.
Biden and Harris checked out the Centers for Illness Control and Avoidance head office in Atlanta, where personnel discussed their issues about coronavirus variations in addition to the obstacles facing the racial and ethnic disparities exposed by the infection throughout a rundown on the company’s efforts to combat the pandemic.
” Science is back, all kidding aside,” Biden stated as he applauded the leadership of the company, saying the country owed them a “enormous financial obligation of appreciation and we will for a long, long, very long time.”
” We can build all the walls we want, we can have the most effective armies on the planet, however we can not stop, we can not stop, these viruses, besides be aware of where they are, move rapidly on them when we find them,” he said.
The visit comes as Biden exceeded his goal to administer 100 m vaccines within the very first 100 days of his presidency, 6 weeks ahead of schedule. Before leaving for Atlanta, Biden recommended he may set a new goal: 200 m vaccinations prior to completion of his first 100 days.
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