And apprehended on may 13th. Hed been in the u. S. About nine days to the point that he died. But after that point, we dont really know much. Cbp says that theyre looking into it. They contacted all the proper authorities in the u. S. And in guatemala. But look, he is the fifth child from guatemala to die in the past six months after being apprehended by u. S. Authorities. Just last week a twoyearold died in an el Paso Hospital from complications of pneumonia. Last month at 16yearold died. We cant forget the two children, the 7yearold girl and 8yearold boy who died in december. Both from complications of accept sof sepsis. They said they would do Additional Health checks on 10 and under after that. Ive seen the facilities and been on the border. Ive seen the conditions the families and children are in. The numbers are increasing. Last month it was 98977 people who were apprehended coming across the border in the month of april. A large number of those were families. And look, it is get
Im erica hill in today for jake. We begin with breaking news in our politics lead. President trump moments ago blocking the testimony of former White House Counsel Don Mcgahn before the House Judiciary Committee tomorrow. Mcgahn is the lawyer who advised trump throughout the Mueller Probe and he has the notes to prove it. Lets get right to cnns pamela brown at the white house. Tamel pamela, what is the white house saying . Reporter we have learned that President Trump is asserting immunity in order to block former White House Counsel Don Mcgahn, a key witness in the russia probe, from testifying to congress yesterday. The subpoena deadline from the House Judiciary Committee was tomorrow and so late this afternoon, white House Counsel pat cipollone, sent a letter to jerry nadler, the chair of the house judiciary saying that don mcgahn cannot be compelled to testify, citing a 2014 doj memo laying out the legal argument. Pat cipollone also saying the white house is doing this on the advic
President trump this week. He stormed out of a meeting with nancy pelosi because she hurt his feelings earlier. It was a greatest excuse to not work. He used to complain about not being able to work because of the mueller probe. That investigation is over so hes insisting all the other investigations are why he cant work now. And i told senator schumer, Speaker Pelosi i want to do infrastructure, i want to do it more than you want to do it. Id be really good at that, thats what i do. But you know what . You cant do it under these circumstances. So get these phony investigations over with. The very stable genius cant work under these circumstances, circumstances being oversight, part of congresss job and manufactured crises of his own doing. Trumps run into obstacles in the work part of being president ing before, stuff look having to negotiate with policy leaders, offering suggests that are, you know, legal under the constitution and also following the law. Needless to say, hes found t
Former Secretary to the Governor of New York: March 25 nursing home advisory was sound and prudent
Steven M. Cohen has joined other officials in defending the state s decision making around nursing homes, a discussion that has heated up in recent weeks. Author: Emyle Watkins Updated: 9:28 PM EST February 25, 2021
ALBANY, N.Y. The chair of Empire State Development, who is also the former secretary to the governor, Steven Cohen, has joined other state officials in defending the New York State s decisions regarding nursing homes.
Cohen said in a statement published Thursday that he was asked to help with the COVID-19 pandemic response early on, as a co-chair of New York Forward, and more recently was asked to consult on the nursing home matter.