Theyve enforced the laws. Ru theyve done a fantastic job of it. Ha we have among the best numbers weve ever had in terms of recorded history, certainly. But this has been a very strong year for less crime. Lets put it that way less crime. And theres a reason for less crime, and its because we have great Law Enforcement. Im very proud of them. There wont be defunding. There wont be dismantling of our police. And theres not going to be any disbanding of our police. Our police have been letting us live in peace. We want to make sure we dont have any bad actors in there. And sometimes youll see some horrible things, like we witnessed recently. But 99, i say 99. 9, but lets go with 99 of them are great, great people. And theyve done jobs that are record setting. Record setting. So our Crime Statistics are at t level that they havent been at. And i just want to go around the room and just ask each one oft the folks to say hello and tell a little bit about themselves and the success theyve ha
Jury evidence from the mueller russia probe to try to impeach trump again. This is happening. A republicanled committee in the senate for the first time voted to issue subpoenas involving the bidens conflicts of interest in ukraine. Also this, republicans looking hard at a newlydeclassified email susan rice sent to herself on Inauguration Day on 2017 to determine whether or not former president barack obama, joe biden and other obama officials abused their power. Improperly influenced both the fbis probe of the Trump Campaign and targeted Michael Flynn. These officials, it is happening, including susan rice deny knowing anything about surveilness. Republicans moving to subpoena these officials. The push to get them accountable for conspiracy, perjury, for lying to congress, can that happen . Will that happen . We have potential examples there Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell saying democrats, stop trying to fish for another impeachment. It aint playing. That debate, could it happ
In. This week and it follows another cluster being identified in the Satellite City of shalon where 14 cases who have been identified so thats a total of 21. 00 cases in that area since the end of may all of these cases have been traced back to a 45 year old woman but Authorities Say its still a mystery as to how she caught kovan 1000 because she has no travel history and no contact with imported cases but there are there isnt speculation that this cluster had been going growing unnoticed for some time they had been smaller than 70 days that officials said that there were no local transmissions and now they say that they are being extra cautious by imposing these lockdowns they are still also downplaying any fears of a 2nd wave of infections saying that the basically just trying to make sure this is contained but it is not a good look especially ahead of the National Peoples congress which is the biggest political event of the year which is already postponed from march when it was orig
Kong with more on whether they are announcement is likely to trigger a new protests there. Its hard to see those major protests flaring up again because of course social distancing rules are still being rigorously enforced here in hong kong by the police and of course for that reason this announcement from beijing may not be a coincidence after all the timing is very interesting indeed to say the least well be getting some reaction from prodemocracy figures here in hong kong including denis corkey says the news from beijing has left him speechless he says he believes that the Hong Kong Government and the Chinese Government are actually using the covert 900. 00 outbreak as cover to further clamp down on hong kong now the mood here in hong kong really began to change earlier this year in january when beijing appointed a new head of their Central Liaison Office and also a new head of the hong kong and Macau Affair Office those are the 2 beijing bodies that handle chinas affairs here in ho
With robert costa. This is 35 minutes. Governors have taken a lead here where we have needed to. Now is not the time to pull back at all. It is the time to intensify. Good afternoon. Welcome back to Washington Post live. Im bob costa, National Political reporter here at the Washington Post. Joining me this afternoon is Governor Gretchen Whitmer of michigan, a democrat. She was elected in 2018 after a long career in state politics, including serving in the state legislature. She was minority leader of the michigan senate. A few months ago, you may remember, it feels like a long time ago, she delivered the democratic response to President Trumps state of the union. Governor whitmer, welcome. Based on the data and whats happening in your state, are you thinking about extending the stayathome order in michigan beyond may 1 . Gov. Witmer theres no question we have to be slow and methodical and Pay Attention to the data, medical experts and Public Health experts to know we are ready, and the