Posted by Scott Lucas | Jan 21, 2021 |
Doug Emhoff, Vice President Kamala Harris, Jill Biden and President Joe Biden at the Inauguration, US Capitol, Washington, DC, January 20, 2021 (Anthony Behar/Sipa USA)
In a 12-minute discussion, I joined BBC Radio London on Thursday to discuss Joe Biden’s fast start as 46th President and the beginning of Kamala Harris’ historic Vice Presidency from the Inaugural to the initial executive orders.
We also glance at the possible next move by Donald Trump after his retreat to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
And what was in Trump’s letter to Biden?
US authorities announced that all incoming airline passengers will soon need a negative COVID-19 test before entering, as the country reported a record 4,470 deaths in one day.
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But there was nothing regular about what happened in March. In just a few weeks, everything about the world changed. Our conference rooms went quiet as Manhattan’s offices emptied, and the general din of our collaborative newsroom transformed into a complicated web of group chats, direct messages, email listservs and more.
2020 in photos: Political battles, civil unrest, and celebrations hit the streets of a pandemic LA
Dec. 22, 2020
KCRW looks back at the year’s biggest events from President Trump’s impeachment trial to the protests against racial injustice, and the celebrations around victories by the LA Lakers, Dodgers, and presidential contender Joe Biden.
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The death of Kobe Bryant
The sudden death of LA Laker Kobe Bryant brought the city together in a moment of collective mourning. He and seven others died in a helicopter crash in Calabasas. Hours afterward, thousands of Angelenos flocked to the Staples Center in downtown LA and grieved together.