the crew just said happy hump day. happy hump day, everyone. sorry. sorry. let s get started with five things to know for this wednesday, may 17th. north carolina republicans overriding the governor s veto and ban ago borgsz after 12 weeks. this deciding vote cast by a former democratic a former democratic state representative who actually campaigned on abortion rights before switching parties last month. also in washington, the white house and house speaker kevin mccarthy are both tout something on the debt ceiling talks mccarthy is warning that they re both far apart as president biden is cutting down a trip abroad. and an illinois girl missing for suchl ye six years in north carolina. an employee at a store recognized the now 15-year-old and called the police. the gurirl is safe this morning and her mother was arrested. the secret service is investigating how an intruder made his way into jake sullivan s home despite being under 24/7 secret service protection. he w
and reports from capitol hill. just one day after an attack at congressman connolly s district office, u.s. capitol police chief tom manger telling a house committee about the alarming rise in threats against lawmakers. it s gone up over 400% over the last six years. several are reviewing district protocols after a man attacked two at a bat at gerry connolly s office in fairfax, virginia. it s a sad commentary if we now have to accept this as a price of public service, threats to everybody associateded with us. some members of congress now looking toward ways to enhance security at their district offices. we need to be pro active about these things, not reactive. we have to be, you know, extra cautious. there is no room for political violence in our country. major s testimony cited
dealing with scandals and controversies, they try to put the emphasis on the athletes. nbc is in a very difficult situation here as it tries to balance a lot of different factors, including, as you said, covid concerns. that s why the today show is not going to beijing, that s why broadcasters are not going to beijing. if anybody turns out with a positive test they get quarantined for weeks, they are out of the business. it s a very difficult situation. it s very hard to put on a television broadcast from the beijing games. christine, you ve noted that athletes, staff and journalists are going to have to undergo district protocols. the chinese obviously hoping to stop the spread of covid but there are other motives you have written about, they re using these control mechanisms to their advantage and i m wondering what you think china is trying to accomplish here. boris, china wants to be china. they want to control everything and nbc as brian just said has played right into their
has always been committed to diversity and inclusion among staff, and community, involvement and communication with our constituents, help guide policy decisions, changes and district protocols. your reaction to this about-face? randolph, new jersey, is not far from me in new jersey, great town, they talked about how they embrace diversity but they don t embrace diversity of thought. any thought outside the right thought in that school district, so many places across the country as far as what is right and wrong in terms of how to think, that is a problem and we talk about on this network over the last two days how one woman escape north korea as a child and she says we are told how to think in our education system when north korea is seen as the more open and free education system, that is a problem. todd: enjoy the rest of the fifth day of the week. i don t want to get in trouble.
to be on here debates this topic. and everything. so, you know, i can t imagine anyone who would have any sort of problem with that obviously fourth of july being a summer holiday is not on the school calendar but for memorial day, that s a huge one. we historically have our veterans come into classrooms to share their stories with our children. so, how do you celebrate that if you can t even call it that. steve: exactly. the school board put out a statement in partnership with the randolph township school district the board of education has always been committed to supporting diversity and inclusion amongst our students, staff, community, involvement and communication with our constituents helps us guide policy decisions and changes and improve district protocols. interesting they are talking about how they are having a dialogue with the people yet saying, this is not a debate. tom, exit question. in your school district, they are removing the names from the school calendar. elsewhere