the last couple of days. we ve also seen so many people with vigils and people have outreached directly to some of the victims families. so we do know that there s this overwhelming support as well. you have received hate mail in the last few days, since these shootings? yes. i don t yeah, i mean, what nature of things, and what does that tell you? i think what it shows is that the anti-asian hate has not gone away since this incident. it s still alive and well. and those individuals feel really still emboldened to outreach and to attack asian women in particular. what do you want to hear from the president and vice president today, and what needs to be said to them? i think i want to hear in the same way that former president trump consistently called it the china flu, the wuhan flu. that actually is something that i want biden and harris administration to do differently. consistently come out and negate that. consistently come out in favor of the asian-americ
particularly for students and even more so for younger students. let me explain. we ve been talking about this idea for some time. it s now official from the cdc. but they re specifically saying for all students, elementary school students, they can maintain just three feet apart when mask use is universal regardless of what is happening with community transmission. that s for elementary school students. so that s going to be a big deal. but they also say, kate, that for middle school and high school students, they should still maintain at least six feet apart if the community tr transmission in their community is high. so making a difference between older and younger students. for all elementary schools, regardless where you live in the country, guidance is now going to be three feet. but if you happen to live in a community where community transmission is high still, at about 41% roughly of counties in the united states do have high transmission, if you live in one of those
that seeks to deny the real fears in the communities. as a result of historic racism exacerbated by a former president and media allies who describe the coronavirus pandemic as the china virus or kung flu for more than a year up to and as recently as this week. the right is doubling down on the violence trutherism with this comment from congresswoman chip roy. we believe in justice. there is an old saying in texas find the rope and get a tall oak tree. you know, we take justice very seriously. we ought to do that. round up the bad guys. my concern about this hearinging is that it seems to want to venture into the policing of rhetoric in a free society. now we are talking about whether talking about china, the chi coms, whatever phrasing we want to use, if some people say we think those people are the bad guys. i think the chinese communist party are the bad guys. and i think that they re harming people. those remarks prompted an immediate outcry, among these colleagues in
reports of children sleeping on mats and overcrowded facilities. in reporter say the white house is keeping them in the dark of what is going on, watch this. since there aren t photos, why not release those? and have them invited to the briefing room and talk about the photos? if you want to grant access to the press, gooden utility hs? again, we grant transparency. remain committed to do that. the border is upset that they can t show up at the border, they can t do right aligns and can t question what is happening inside. it seems like why? i certainly wouldn t characterize it that way. speak with border towns are overwhelmed. so how is the situation on the ground in mexico any different? the situation on the ground is certainly challenging. bill: a lot of pointed questions from media outlets, frankly. if you are watching midday yesterday, i think you could say there was a different tone in that room. dana: there is a moment, a crisis, let s call it what