And if we didnt investigate plane crashes very carefully, planes would keep crashing and you would never fly. It so is this virus spread around the world and the rest of us waited for some credible public health authority, anyone to come forward with details on where it came from, no i never did come forward. Instead, they told us what was completely ridiculous story. They said a Seafood Market in Central China was selling mammals, exotic ones like pangolins and they somehow became a vector for infection so the chinese Eat Weird Food and thats what they told us where they knew that wasnt true and they knew it very early. On february 6 of 2020, scientists uploaded a paper on the origins of coronavirus onto the internet. They had a very different view of what happened. The virus likely came from an animal called the intermediate because there are no known colonies of Horseshoe Bats within 900 kilometers of wuhan nor are these bats sold in the famous wet markets there. In fact, the scient
City hall. Light foot said she would only grant interviews to black or brown journalists in the windy city dropping a Blackout On White Journalists who visit the mayors office. Light foot said she wanted to be, quote, intentional about Prioritizing Media Requests from reporters of color over white journalists who according to Light Foot overwhelmingly make up the majority of the City Hall press corps. She doubled down on those comments yesterday. If i, as a black woman mayor, the first ever, dont challenge us, the collective us, to do better, to really make sure that in every institution it reflects the diversity and nuances and texture of our city, then shame on me. Will but as controversy swirled around Light Foots racist impersonation of Bull Conner D. C. Mayor Muriel Bowser rode in to her defense. That we need to see more Beat Reporters that look like the cities that they are covering. And thats been a discussion i have had with editors around this city and we want to continue to u
It is i think it may be behind us. Yeah, i mean, thats the thing i worry about, don, is that they seem to have cracked the code. You know, like safe crackers. Theyve opened up the vault and found the mother lode. How they can overturn an election by going through the state election results. And you can control that if you have secretaries of state in these various battlegrounds who are going to say okay, hold on, it shows joe biden won reelection, but were just going to throw that out and donald trump is the winner. I mean, we are really i think facing that reallife scenario. And then what do we do at that point, don . I think that is a crazy question to consider. But its becoming more real by the day. It was a wakeup call watching that. I can say Reality Check but i dont want to take that away from mr. John avlon. Kyung needs her own thing. Shes been doing great reporting. As all of our reporters on this. As you shall other kyungs great. Thank you very much, jim. Ill see you tomorrow
February and that the nominee will be a black woman. The person i will nominate will be someone of extraordinary qualifications, character, experience, and integrity. That person will be the first black woman ever nominated to the United States Supreme Court. Its long overdue, in my view. I made that commitment during the campaign for president , and i will keep that. In the end, i will nominate a historic candidate, someone whos worthy of Justice Breyers legacy and someone, who like Justice Breyer, will provide Incredible Service on the United States Supreme Court. Breyers announcement today takes his relationship with the president full circle in a way. Then senator biden presided over breyers Confirmation Hearings in 1994. Lets go now to cnn White House Correspondent m. J. Lee. The president , he made it clear hes not chosen his nominee to the court yet. So, what happens now . Reporter thats right. Though it is clear that the search has already begun, choosing a person to fill a vac
Classrooms. Many are questioning why. Welcome to the lead. Im jake tapper. We start today with our Politics Lead and that major announcement by President Biden about who will succeed Supreme Court Justice Stephen breyer when breyer retires at the end of this term. The person i will nominate will be someone with extraordinary qualifications, character, experience and integrity. That person will be the first black woman ever nominated to the United States Supreme Court. Now, biden says he has not yet made a decision on just who that person will be, but he is going to invite senators from both parties to hear their opinions, their points of view. Biden says he expects to choose a nominee before the end of february. As cnns m. J. Lee reports, some have been lobbying the president on just who that nominee should be since back in february, 2021. This is sort of a bittersweet day for me. Justice breyer and i go back a long way. Reporter a Momentous Day for the joe biden presidency. Im here to