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Interview flap shows challenges as Harris settles in as VP
By ALEXANDRA JAFFEFebruary 2, 2021 GMT
WASHINGTON (AP) Vice President Kamala Harris has spent her first two weeks in office working with the president on coronavirus relief, consulting with the head of the World Health Organization and talking with the prime minister of Canada.
It’s her interview with a local news station in West Virginia, though, that’s getting more attention and not in a good way.
West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, a moderate whose support is critical to the success of President Joe Biden’s agenda in Congress, didn’t take kindly to the vice president’s effort to put public pressure on him in his home state by urging passage of a $1.9 trillion virus relief package, especially when he had no warning it was coming.
Canadian PM Trudeau calls Kamala Harris theusnews.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from theusnews.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Amid an unabated resurgence of the Covid-19 pandemic in Canada, the country s death toll due to the disease has surpassed the 20,000 grim milestone, according to authorities.Canada s death toll currently stands at 20,016, while the cases have .
In Chinese President Xi Jinping's recent video address to the World Economic Forum, two points were particularly relevant to discussions of Canadian policy towards China, and Asia. The first was Xi's appeal to the international community to avoid a return to a Cold-War era with spheres of influence structured along ideological and political differences. Xi instead argued for a more inclusive approach to state relations, one that treats different.