Published January 11, 2021 at 9:36 AM EST Listen • 14:06
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West Virginia Morning, we hear from a political science professor at Marshall University who takes us back to last Wednesday’s events in Washington, D.C. and explores how it might affect the fate of President Donald Trump. We also hear the latest news on the COVID-19 vaccine made available for workers in West Virginia s correctional facilities, but not yet for those incarcerated.
In West Virginia, correctional employees were prioritized for the COVID-19 vaccine. State officials said they’ve made the first shot of the vaccine available to all 3,300 workers at this point. However, 60 percent of the people staffing state jails, prisons, community release centers and juvenile detention programs have not accepted the vaccine. They work with thousands of incarcerated people, who have not been prioritized. Emily Allen has more.
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How many of you all believe that the people we elected are going to do what s right tomorrow?” Gibson asked the crowd at Washington’s Freedom Plaza, as flags emblazoned with Trump’s name fluttered behind him. “And they are going to stand against all of the injustice and the fake votes?
Gibson was among the dozens perhaps hundreds of people who traveled from the Ohio Valley to attend events planned to coincide with the Congressional session on January 6 to certify the results of the Electoral College. That usually mundane ceremonial event makes official the election results, in this case making Joe Biden and Kamala Harris President and Vice President. But Gibson and others were hoping for a different outcome.
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Listen • 16:15
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West Virginia Morning, we explore how West Virginia’s colleges and universities tackled the pandemic last fall and what they re hoping to improve on in the spring. Also, we hear the latest news on a newly elected West Virginia delegate who took part in the insurrection in Washington, D.C., we hear a report from a mass COVID-19 vaccination clinic, and we have this week’s
Mountain Stage Song of the Week.
Pressure is mounting to remove a newly elected delegate from his office at the West Virginia statehouse after he posted a video online of himself taking part in Wednesday’s insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Dave Mistich has more.
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West Virginia Morning, pro-Trump extremists mounted an insurrection Wednesday at the U.S. Capitol building as Congress was certifying election results from each state. We talk with Republican Sen. Shelley Moore Capito who said it will go down as a dark day in American history.
All five of the West Virginians serving in the U.S. Congress were safe, following a violent protest in Washington D.C. Wednesday afternoon. After condemning the attacks on social media, the politicians carried out their duly elected duties to certify the results of the 2020 election. Emily Allen reports.
Wednesday will no doubt go down as one of the darkest days in United States history. Senior reporter Dave Mistich spoke to West Virginia’s U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito about what she experienced, the deep divisions highlighted by the attack on the Capitol and the role President Donald Trump has played in it all.