May 15, 2021
AP – Reports of unaccompanied migrant children being forced to stay overnight in parked buses at the Dallas convention centre are âcompletely unacceptableâ if true, US Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said on Friday. More details in Sundayâs Borneo Bulletin.
REVEALED: Biden lashed out at HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra during an Oval Office meeting full of blandishing fast-talk as the administration grapples with border crisis and agents consider early retirement
Joe Biden called an Oval Office meeting March 30 with Xavier Becerra, head of Health and Human Services
Biden was frustrated by Becerra s inability to answer questions about the situation with migrant children
Earlier in March the president was angered by his senior advisers admitting they had not gone to the border
Border Agents questioned by Reuters said that they were intending to take early retirement
Many spoke of their irritation at the White House s approach to the border and felt hamstrung
President Joe Biden took his biggest step yet toward declaring victory over the coronavirus pandemic as public health officials said fully vaccinated Americans can ditch their masks in most settings, even indoors or in large groups. “Today is a great day for America in our long battle with coronavirus,” Biden said in the White House Rose Garden on Thursday, calling the U.S. vaccination program an “historical logistical achievement.” The guidance shift Thursday is a turning point in the fight against Covid-19 and comes as U.S. caseloads fall and vaccinations rise. It signals a broad return to everyday life, and is also a bet that any surge in spread from relaxed guidelines won’t be enough to reverse progress in inoculations. The administration also used it as a further incentive for vaccination.
By Marisa SarnoffMay 13th, 2021, 8:31 pm
Lawrence O’Donnell’s interview with President
Joe Biden on MSNBC, followed by a town hall with key members of the Biden administration’s coronavirus response team, topped CNN’s
Don Lemon in total viewers at 10 p.m., but fell behind in the key demo, while Fox News’
Laura Ingraham swept both shows in Wednesday’s ratings.
Vaccinating America, with Dr.
Xavier Becerra, and Surgeon General Dr.
Vivek H. Murthy, notched 1.86 million total viewers, and 218,000 in the valuable demographic of viewers age 25-54, according to data from Nielsen.
The Ingraham Angle was first at 10 p.m.,, with 2.34 million total viewers, and 409,000 in the demo. The first hour of