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
european countries are suspending the use of a different vaccine over reports of dangerous blood clots in a small number of recipients. the vaccine has not been authorized for use yet here in the united states. the company expected to apply for that authorization quite soon. and dr. anthony fauci is keeping an eye on europe today offering a new warning as new cases in the united states are plateauing at a dangerously high level. about 50,000 cases a day. and he wants to make sure that we as a country don t end up in the same situation that europe is facing right now. europe is generally a few weeks ahead of us in the dynamics of the outbreak. and they had play towing and then they pull back a bit on their mitigation methods. the all of a sudden, it started to surge again. we want to mike ake sure that doesn t happen here in the united states. part of that equation is vaccines. let s start with the news coming out this morning about moderna s trials involving children. eli
problems. plus both the embattled new york governor loses support of state democratic leaders, including the state senators. governor andrew cuomo said he won t go. let the review proceed. i m not going to resign. will it work? i m jake tapper in washington, where the state of the union is moving forward. we have just under 70 confirmed deaths as we all scramble to adjust, to life in a pandemic. one year ago tomorrow marks 16, 2020, president trump announced 15 days to slow the spread. it would have been difficult at the time to imagine we would still will living under restrictions one year later. in some ways, this moment does feel a bit optimistic. one in five americans has received at least one dose of the vaccine, according to cdc. nearly 3 million yesterday alone. in his first prime time as president, joe biden outlined an aggressive time line saying the u.s. will have enough doses for every adult by the end of may. pointing to the fourth of july is the beginning
georgia, closing polling sites. wanting the rural counties to close all the polling sites, restriction to get rid of boxes to be able to vote, absentee boxes. this is a strategy the republicans have used. use to cover their efforts, actually put it out front. in your state, they re being sued over gerrymandered districts and this law. lawsuits are about something. said a lot of the same people saying i loved john lewis, a great person, friend of mine, support voting rights, will be right up there trying to get out pulpit on king day saying how much they like voting rights and john lewis and literally spit in the face of his memory standing against voting rights feels like
To the Editor: The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s family has requested that there be "no celebration" on the upcoming weekend in his honor until the federal voting rights.