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[captions Copyright National cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. Visit ncicap. Org] susan sarah brayne, your new book seems like it is welltimed for a National Debate on policing, but you tell readers youve been working on the project about a decade. How did you get started in this interest in big data and the police . Sarah when i was a phd student at princeton i think it was back in 2012, this is when there was the start of enthusiasm over big data was happening. People were saying ...

As leader schumer and i discussed yesterday, this is an emergency of the highest magnitude, and yet our republican colleagues want to focus elsewhere instead of recognizing as the Health Emergency which science has given us a path to crush. Again, we have worse numbers than even yesterday. The numbers speak very eloquently. 160,000 infections were reported a horrifying number following more than a week of over 100,000 infections a day. These levels are two times higher than the summer peak. More than 67,000 americans are hospitalized with covid, a new record threatening to overwhelm our hospit...

Think it was yesterday. Well, was reported yesterday. If the white house and the house come to an agreement, that he would put it on the floor. That is among his many statements. Chuck the president is implying hes open to herd immunity. Are you is herd immunity now official Health Policy of the federal government . Is that what the task force is essentially pushing us towards, is some form of herd immunity . Sec. Azar chuck, ill meet with individuals who are experts to learn, listen, to hear perspectives. Ill tell you, one important part of that interaction was just the real focus on the core...

Will be spending quite a bit of time together starting shortly and i very much support that. But today first i have the privilege of introducing for the first time to this room the 71st secretary of state mr. Tony blinken. Thank you good afternoon. Let me start by saying they first ambition is to be known as the man who brought the price to the state Department Briefing room. That at least is mission accomplished. In all seriousness, thank you everyone for joining me here today, this is my first full day on the job as secretary of state and to restate what i said before it is an honor to be in...

We launched our Vaccination Program through cvs and walgreens. They will partner with us. That is part of that effort. We are trying to reduce cases. We are just months away. To bring us out of this. You did not answer the question on herd immunity. I think i did. That is not our policy. The desire is reduced cases. Reduce hospitalizations. Reduce fidelitys. Get us safe therapeutics and vaccines in record time. They may be submitting an application for a vaccine. This is an incredible, historic news that we should be celebrating. Here is a look at congress this week. The Senate Returns monday....