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Whats happening in that region. heres the president yesterday. >> i believe the palestinians and israelis equally deserve to live safely and securely and enjoy equal measures of freedom, prosperity and democracy. my administration will continue our quiet, relentless diplomacy towards that end. i believe we have a genuine opportunity to make progress, and im committed to working for it. >> again, the words of the president just yesterday. today he will be hosting the south korean president here a...

Indoors and were going to keep that going for the foreseeable future. but youre right, kristen, some of our store owners have said wed like everybody to wear the mask a little bit longer, and it gives all of our consumers greater sense of confidence, and they certainly are free to do that. >> governor, one more quickly before i let you go. we know president biden has set this benchmark of having 70% of adults having at least one dose by july 4th. what is your hope and goal within your state for ...

Right now were watching louisiana where a civil rights probe looking into the 2019 death of ronald greene in police custody is now under way after body camera footage leaked to the ap, showing state police initially mischaracterized the nature of his death in a press release. this morning its putting pressure on lawmakers to act. president biden called on congress to pass the george floyd justice in policing act by the anniversary of his murder. with just four days left until that deadline, that...

Be some sort of ceremony at the white house that might include families of victims who have been killed by police, possibly the floyd family. also possibly lawmakers working on the george floyd justice in policing act. things are still being worked out but thats in some ways the bones of it, and somebodys putting it together. hopefully maybe by sunday or this weekend, there will be a firm plan on how to mark this. we know that president biden has spoken to the floyd family a number of times. let...

It was rare show of bipartisan support here in washington with president biden signing the covid-19 hate crimes act into law during one of the first large indoor gatherings without people wearing masks. the house overwhelmingly passed the measure to bolster response to attacks against asian americans, which during the wake of the pandemic increased by 150% across major cities in the past year alone. joining us now is congresswoman grace meng from new york. she was at that bill signing yesterday....

On the table but then theres jim clyburn that. powerful democrat and close ally of president biden who signaled he would support a bill without qualified immunity. i put the question to the white house press secretary jen psaki a few weeks ago, would the president back and sign the bill without qualified immunity change at all? she wouldnt signal publicly where he stood on that issue. so thats a big question, whether president biden push to try to change qualified immunity or will he go along wi...

Stereotypes that have been waged over the past year in the wake of the pandemic. so does this bill go far enough to address those issues for you? in other words, where do you want to see this conversation go next? >> sure. so let me be clear, this is an important step, but to me this is only one piece of the puzzle, of the solution for addressing these hate incidents. and i really want to applaud president biden for taking such early and decisive steps to speaking out. it is important to have ou...

To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: Each Friday during the first 100 days of the new administration, we will provide a recap of significant initiatives and events that will impact employers. In week four, the Administration’s labor and employment activity includes further reversal of Trump era initiatives at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), including a move to protect “Scabby the Rat”, the nomination of additional progressive pro-labor and pro-regulation...

Good standing on this issue. >> thats the point the post makes. not somebody you go to, an adviser of biden. not someone you can go to and saying youve been doing this x number of years and it doesnt work. >> this moment is a really important one. when we look back at the alabama primary in a year, i think this is one of the moments were going to highlight. it sort of crystallizes what is a major theme in this primary, that theme is generational divide, between the older version of the democrati...

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