don t overreact. you can get a lot more done behind the scenes than you can on camera. that s who joe biden is. that s who tony blinken is. and we saw that this week. and it s also not this kind of relentless america has to be first, america has to, you know, pump its muscles on the world stage. you know, we do well because of our alliances, and that s one of the things that you saw because not only was biden and the whole administration talking to israel. they were talking to egypt. they were talking to jordan. they were talking to all of those powers that have something to do with it, so i think it s both a good first test and a win, but it also shows their style of diplomacy, which is all about diplomacy. making diplomacy great again, if you will. robert gibbs, it s also been brought to my attention that the asian-american hate crimes legislation was signed into law,
the only reason to happen is an exact point of social media. if you went out there today, the amount of anti-semitic hate in the social media environment and the online environment is enormous. it s massive coming from many directions and every time someone sees that that has a slight inclination they re mobilized around it so it s a two part chablg. one for the social media companies to throttle and recognize it. when you see a conflict break out in the world like israel and palestinian conflict going on you have to get there quick to metering that content so it s not out of control and second part is for law enforcement agencies is knowing their communities, having that outreach is there. we spent a lot of effort a decade ago to do that and build outreach but after the george floyd protests, the election conspiracies out there and now
commission essentially. denver wriggleman, this is something i heard from a senior official involved in the 9/11 commission saying we need to in the same way that never again, failing to connect the dots became one of the mission statements of post-9/11, counter terror and protecting the homeland and became integrated with the cia and the fbi and the creation of department of homeland security, there are pieces of reporting to never fail to as clint said turn in the day before like the reports from field office in norfolk and why it took three hours for the national guard to respond to an ongoing insurrection at the united states capitol. i wonder what you make of where we stand on those questions with as clint said no one beginning to establish a commission to
and hate between groups of all political, social, economic persuasions and each fraction mobilized based on the rhetoric from the 40% of americans who think they re justified to rise up based on a history that s inaccurate every time that happens that also creates a reciprocal movement because they feel i cannot protect myself. if you believe in antifa that also means that there s an fa in fascist and one begets the others and with the splinter what we are doing is watching our political leaders use violent rhetoric to divide us and every time they divide us there s a reprisal system to spiral out of control over time. it s just an unbelievable moment for our country and grateful to talk to you about
things are improving, and we are seeing this week after week as more and more people roll up their sleeves and get vaccinated, the number of cases and the level of community risk is decreasing. the cdc director today on the incredible progress the u.s. has made thanks to vaccinations. citing an average of about 27,000 new covid cases per day, the lowest in about a year, about 500 deaths per day, the lowest since the pandemic began. and a dramatic decrease since january in concern for outbreaks at the community level. in an article headlined covid on the run, david of the new york times writes this. the virus is running out of places to be communicable. andy slavitt, one of president biden s top covid advisors told me. the sharp decline in cases over the past month virtually guarantees that deaths will fall over the next month. the pandemic appears to be in an exponential decay phase.