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Metro UK: What is the first country to celebrate the New Year?

Jack Slater Saturday 31 Dec 2022 7:00 am

 

Have you made any resolutions this year? (Picture: Getty)

Another year is over, and 2022 is set to go out with a bang tonight, as London’s famous fireworks display is back for the first time since 2019.

Whether you’re off on a night out, wrapping up warm to watch a firework display, or having a cosy night in, this year’s celebrations are likely to be bigger than ever, after 2020 and 2021 celebrations were affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.

But just who will get to see in 2023 first?

Let’s find out.

What is the first country in the world to celebrate New Year?

The first country – or countries – in the world to mark New Year will actually be the small Pacific Island nations of Tonga, Samoa and Kiribati/Christmas Island.

They’ll be ringing in the new year at 10am GMT, sparking off a day’s worth of celebrations around the globe.

Next in line will be New Zealand, who’ll say hello to 2023 at around 10.15am GMT.

There will be toned down fireworks across the world this year (Picture: Getty)

As it stands the UK will be one of the last countries to celebrate the New Year – and we’ll do so at the same time as Ireland, Iceland, Ghana and Portugal, and an hour later than most of Europe.

However, that won’t be the end of New Year celebrations, as North and South America will be the final part of the world to see 2023.

The last place which will welcome the New Year will be Baker Island and Howland Island, two unoccupied US Islands in the Pacific – but the last occupied territory to celebrate January 1 will be American Samoa at 11am GMT tomorrow morning.

What time is it in Australia?

Australia is known for kicking off the New Year in spectacular fashion with huge fireworks display over Sydney.

New Year’s Eve will be spent in households and bubbles this year (Picture: Getty)

They’ll also be among the first countries to see in 2023, although the time varies according to where you are in Australia.

Sydney and Melbourne are 11 hours ahead of the UK – meaning they’ll be celebrating New Year at 1pm GMT.

Adelaide, meanwhile, is 10 and a half hours ahead of UK time, while Brisbane is 10 hours ahead and Perth is only eight hours ahead.

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Aljazeera: Celebrations kick off in Asia as world enters 2023

Asia celebrates a restriction-free New Year after two years of COVID disruptions, as the world enters 2023.

Fireworks explode over Sydney Harbour during the New Year’s Eve celebrations in Sydney on January 1 [Jaimi Joy/Reuters]

Published On 31 Dec 202231 Dec 2022

Australia celebrated its first restriction-free New Year’s Eve after two years of COVID disruptions, as the world began bidding farewell to a year marked for many by the war in Ukraine, economic stresses and the effects of global warming.

Revellers celebrated across Asia from China to the Philippines to Thailand.

Sydney, one of the world’s first major cities to welcome in the New Year, did so with a typically dazzling fireworks display, which for the first time featured a rainbow waterfall off the famous Harbour Bridge.

“This New Year’s Eve, we are saying Sydney is back as we kick off festivities around the world and bring in the New Year with a bang,” said Clover Moore, lord mayor of the city, ahead of the events.

Lockdowns at the end of 2020 and a surge in Omicron cases at the end of 2021 led to crowd restrictions and reduced festivities in Australia. However, curbs on celebrations were lifted this year after Australia, like many countries around the world, re-opened its borders and removed social distancing restrictions.

The display in Sydney featured thousands of fireworks launched from the four sails of the Sydney Opera House and from the Harbour Bridge.

In China, rigorous COVID restrictions were lifted only this month in the government’s reversal of its “zero-COVID” policy, a switch that has led to soaring infections and meant some people were in no mood to celebrate.

In the city of Wuhan, where the pandemic began three years ago, tens of thousands of people gathered to celebrate amid a heavy security presence.

Barricades were erected and hundreds of police officers and other security workers stood guard on the night of the first large-scale spontaneous gathering in the city since nationwide protests in late November – soon after which Chinese authorities all but abandoned the zero-COVID policy.

In Shanghai, many thronged the historic riverside walkway, the Bund.

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“We’ve all travelled in from Chengdu to celebrate in Shanghai,” said Da Dai, a 28-year-old digital media executive who was travelling with two friends. “We’ve already had COVID, so now feel it’s safe to enjoy ourselves.”

Days after Hong Kong lifted limits on group gatherings, tens of thousands of people gathered near the city’s Victoria Harbour for a countdown. Lights beamed from some of the city’s biggest harbour-front buildings.

It was the city’s biggest New Year’s Eve celebration in several years. The event was cancelled in 2019 due to often violent social unrest and was scaled down in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic.

Malaysia’s government cancelled its New Year countdown and fireworks event at Dataran Merdeka in Kuala Lumpur after flooding across the nation displaced tens of thousands of people and a landslide killed 31 people this month.

Celebrations at the country’s famous Petronas Twin Towers were pared down with no performances or fireworks.

Earlier in the day, Russian President Vladimir Putin devoted his annual New Year’s address to rallying the Russian people behind his troops fighting in Ukraine.

Paris was set to stage its first New Year’s fireworks since 2019. A 10-minute firework show was set to kick off at midnight, with 500,000 people expected to gather on Champs-Elysees avenue to watch.

Heavy rain and strong winds on Saturday meant firework shows in the Netherlands’s main cities including Amsterdam and The Hague – and the nationally televised display in the port city of Rotterdam – were cancelled.

Fireworks explode over Wat Arun of the Temple of the Dawn during the New Year celebrations, in Bangkok, Thailand, on January 1, 2023. [Athit Perawongmetha/Reuters]

Fireworks are seen over Victoria Harbour at midnight on Sunday in Hong Kong. [Anthony Kwan/AP Photo]

People hold balloons as they gather to celebrate New Year’s Eve amid the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan, China, on December 31, 2022. [Tingshu Wang/Reuters]

Buddhist faithful take pictures as they celebrate New Year’s eve at a temple in Seoul, South Korea, on January 1, 2023. [Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters]

Fireworks explode over the Selamat Datang Monument during New Year’s Eve celebrations in Jakarta, Indonesia, on January 1, 2023. [Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana/Reuters]

A screen displays the year 2023 as revellers celebrate New Year’s Eve in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on January 1, 2023. [Hasnoor Hussain/Reuters]

Fireworks explode over Sky Tower in central Auckland as New Year celebrations begin in New Zealand on Sunday. [Dean Purcell/NZ Herald via AP]

A police officer speaks on a megaphone to control a crowd of people as they wait in a queue before they pray at the main hall of the Sensoji Buddhist temple on New Year’s Day in Tokyo on Sunday. [Hiro Komae/AP Photo]

Police patrol the streets for crowd control during the New Year countdown at Marina Bay in Singapore on December 31, 2022. [Caroline Chia/Reuters]

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Aljazeera: Photos – New Year 2023 celebrations around the world

From New Zealand to United States, revellers welcome 2023 with confetti, fireworks and dancing.

Confetti flies around the countdown clock during the first public New Year’s event since the coronavirus pandemic at Times Square in New York City in the United States. [Andrew Kelly/Reuters]

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A festive atmosphere has swept across the world as countdowns and fireworks ushered in 2023.

The celebrations for the New Year began in the tiny atoll nation of Kiribati in the central Pacific, then moved across Russia and New Zealand before heading deeper, time zone by time zone, through Asia and Europe and into the Americas.

Go through our gallery below to see how people around the world welcomed the arrival of 2023.

Fireworks explode over Sky Tower in central Auckland as New Year celebrations begin in New Zealand. [Dean Purcel/NZ Herald via AP]

A Palestinian man rides his horse next to a 2023 drawing on the sand at a beach in Gaza City during the last sunset of 2022. [Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters]

Fireworks light the sky over the ancient Parthenon temple on the Acropolis hill during New Year celebrations in Athens, Greece. [Yorgos Karahalis/AP Photo]

Revellers watch a sound and light show projected on the Arc de Triomphe as they celebrate the New Year on the Champs-Elysees in Paris, France. [Aurelien Morissard/AP Photo]

Fireworks are seen over Victoria Harbour at midnight in Hong Kong. [Anthony Kwan/AP Photo]

Revellers gather in the rain as they wait for the countdown during New Year’s Eve celebrations in Times Square in New York City, the US. [Andres Kudacki/AP Photo]

People bring in the New Year as they watch fireworks explode over Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [Bruna Prado/AP Photo]

Performers take part in the London New Year’s Day Parade in the United Kingdom’s capital. [Toby Melville/Reuters]

A reveller spins burning-steel wool to spread sparks of fire during the New Year’s Eve celebrations in Nairobi, Kenya. [Thomas Mukoya/Reuters]

A commercial aircraft approaches the runway as the sun sets for the last time in 2022 in New Delhi, India. [Altaf Qadri/AP Photo]

Fireworks explode over Sydney Harbour during the New Year’s Eve celebrations in Sydney on January 1 [Jaimi Joy/Reuters]

Published On 31 Dec 202231 Dec 2022

A woman in Japanese traditional kimono attire rings in the New Year by joining a Buddhist ritual called “Joya no Kane” at Sensoji Buddhist temple in Tokyo. In the ritual, temple bells are tolled 108 times, it is said, to get rid of people’s 108 vices and earthly desires in the previous year and to make a fresh start in the New Year. [Hiro Komae/AP Photo]

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CNN: 1.3.2023Updated 12:49 AM EST, Sun January 1, 2023

So long, 2022. Hello, 2023.

Revelers are ringing in the new year with celebrations across the globe.

Last year, with the rapid spread of the Omicron coronavirus variant, many cities across the world scaled back their celebrations — some canceled their events altogether.

But this year, we could be seeing a return to something closer to the norm. New York’s Times Square, for example, is expected to return to full capacity.

Fireworks light up the London skyline over Big Ben and the London Eye. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

People watch a sound and light show projected on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Aurelien Morissard/AP

A reveler smiles in the rain during the New Year’s Eve celebrations in New York’s Times Square. Andres Kudacki/AP

People celebrate the new year at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. Adam Berry/Getty Images

A child celebrates the new year in front of the Colosseum in Rome. Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images

Revelers photograph fireworks over the Arc de Triomphe as they celebrate the new year in Paris. Aurelien Morissard/AP

People take part in the annual Allendale Tar Barrel festival in Allendale, England. The New Year’s Eve tradition involves costumed men carrying burning whiskey barrels through the town, which are used to ignite a ceremonial bonfire at midnight. Lee Smith/Reuters

Fireworks are seen over Munich, Germany. Lennart Preiss/DPA/Picture-Alliance/AP

People celebrate in Madrid. Jesús Hellín/Europa Press/AP

People gather in Vilnius, Lithuania, to watch a light and laser show. Yauhen Yerchak/SOPA Imahes/Sipa USA/AP

People watch a fireworks show in Karachi, Pakistan. Rizwan Tabassum/AFP/Getty Images

Women celebrate New Year’s in front of the St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine. There was a curfew in place as Russia launched a series of deadly strikes that swept several regions of Ukraine. Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters

Fireworks explode from the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, during New Year’s Eve celebrations in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Satish Kumar/Reuters

A woman kisses her mother during a New Year’s Eve party in Quezon City, Philippines. Eloisa Lopez/Reuters

Fireworks explode over Mosul, Iraq. Khalid al-Mousily/Reuters

A Mass is held to welcome the new year in Nairobi, Kenya. Gerald Anderson/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

People take a selfie as fireworks explode over Cairo. Mohamed Abd El Ghany/Reuters

New Year’s revelers watch a fireworks and laser show in Hong Kong. Isaac Lawrence/AFP/Getty Images

People write messages and release lanterns in Huai’an, China. CFOTO/Future Publishing/Getty Images

Revelers release balloons to celebrate the new year in Wuhan, China. Getty Images

People watch the fireworks in Bangkok, Thailand. Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images

A man lights candles on a sand sculpture in Prayagraj, India. Sanjay Kanojia/AFP/Getty Images

Fireworks explode in Makati, Philippines. Ezra Acayan/Getty Images

Fireworks light up the sky over Sydney Harbor in Australia. Roni Bintang/Getty Images

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AXIOS: In photos: New Year’s Eve around the world

Sareen Habeshian    Dec 31, 2022 – World

Fireworks light up the sky over Sydney Harbour Bridge on Jan 1, 2023, in Australia. Photo: Roni Bintang/Getty Images

As Americans prepared to celebrate New Year’s Eve on Saturday, millions of people in countries where the clock had already struck midnight were ringing in 2023.

Zoom out: Here’s a look at celebrations across the globe.

Australia

Fireworks light up the sky over Sydney Harbour Bridge on Jan. 1, 2023, in Sydney, Australia. Photo: Roni Bintang/Getty Images

People watch fireworks at Sydney Botanic Garden during New Years Eve celebrations on Dec. 31, 2022, in Sydney, Australia. Photo: Roni Bintang/Getty Images

Indonesia

People gather to celebrate in Jakarta, Indonesia, on Jan. 1, 2023. Photo: Eko Siswono Toyudho/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

China

A couple hugs in front of the Hong Kong Convention Center on Dec. 31, 2022, in Hong Kong, China. Photo: Vernon Yuen/NurPhoto/Getty Images

India

People gather at the sea promenade in Mumbai on Dec. 31, 2022. Photo: Punit Paranjpe/AFP via Getty Images

A shopkeeper at a New Year’s Eve carnival in New Delhi, India, on Dec. 31, 2022. Photo: Pankaj Nangia/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Thailand

People take a selfie during fireworks display from the King Taksin Bridge on Jan. 1, 2023, in Bangkok, Thailand. Photo: Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images

Kids watch fireworks display from the King Taksin Bridge on Jan. 1, 2023, in Bangkok, Thailand. Photo: Lauren DeCicca/Getty Images

Kazakhstan

Fireworks light up the sky during the new year celebrations in Astana, Kazakhstan, on Jan. 1, 2023. Photo: Meiramgul Kussainova/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Fireworks light up the sky during the new year celebrations in Astana, Kazakhstan, on Jan. 1, 2023. Photo:Meiramgul Kussainova/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

United Arab Emirates

New Year’s Eve fireworks light the landmark Burj Khalifa tower at midnight in Dubai on December 31, 2022. Photo: Ryan Lim/AFP/Getty Images)

New York

Revelers wait for New Year’s Eve celebrations in Times Square on Dec. 31, 2022, in New York City. Photo: Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images

Revelers gather in Times Square on Dec. 31, 2022 in New York City. Photo: Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images

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 PBS News – PHOTOS: Cities around the world celebrate New Year’s Eve

World Dec 31, 2022 5:48 PM EST

Revellers release balloons as they take part in New Year celebrations in Tokyo, Japan, January 1, 2023. REUTERS/Issei Kato

By — Associated Press

Left: Revelers release balloons as they take part in New Year celebrations in Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 1, 2023. Photo by Issei Kato/REUTERS

PHOTOS: Cities around the world celebrate New Year’s Eve

World Dec 31, 2022 5:48 PM EST

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Revelers in major city centers across Europe and the Middle East were ushering in 2023 with countdowns and fireworks, as many cities around the globe celebrated New Year’s Eve without restrictions for the first time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

Children crowded a metro station in Kharkiv, Ukraine, to meet with St. Nicholas and enjoy a special performance ahead of the new year. Meanwhile, some soldiers who said they usually celebrate the holiday with family decided to stay in the trenches as they sought to defend their country.

People gathered next to a Christmas tree to celebrate the New Year eve before a curfew, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in front of the St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine December 31, 2022. REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko

People celebrate New Year’s Eve before a curfew, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in front of the St. Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, Dec. 31, 2022. Photo by Valentyn Ogirenko/REUTERS

Others in Ukraine returned to the capital, Kyiv, to spend New Year’s Eve with their loved ones. As Russian attacks continue to target power supplies, leaving millions without electricity, no big celebrations were planned. A curfew was to be in place as the clock struck midnight.

READ MORE: Russian strikes intensify as Ukrainians return to spend holidays with their families

French President Emmanuel Macron delivered “a message of unity and trust” in a televised address Saturday. Referencing the war in Ukraine several times, Macron also sent a message to France’s “Ukrainian friends,” saying “we respect and admire you.”

“During the coming year, we will be unfailingly at your side. We will help you until victory and we will be together to build a just and lasting peace. Count on France and count on Europe,” he said.

ISTANBUL, TURKIYE – JANUARY 1: Fireworks go off behind minarets of a mosque in Ortakoy Square as part of new year celebrations in Istanbul, Turkiye on January 1, 2023. (Photo by Muhammed Enes Yildirim/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Fireworks go off behind minarets of a mosque in Ortakoy Square as part of new year celebrations in Istanbul, Turkiye on Jan. 1, 2023. Photo by Muhammed Enes Yildirim/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Turkey’s most populous city, Istanbul, was bringing in 2023 with street festivities and fireworks. At St. Antuan Catholic Church on Istanbul’s popular pedestrian thoroughfare Istiklal Avenue, dozens of Christians prayed for the new year and marked former Pope Benedict XVI’s passing. The Vatican announced Benedict died Saturday at age 95.

The Pacific nation of Kiribati was the first country to greet the new year, with the clock ticking into 2023 one hour ahead of neighbors including New Zealand.

In Auckland, large crowds gathered below the Sky Tower, where a 10-second countdown to midnight preceded fireworks. The celebrations in New Zealand’s largest city were well-received after COVID-19 forced them to be canceled a year ago.

There was a scare in the North Island coastal city of Tauranga, about 225 kilometers (140 miles) from Auckland, when a bouncing castle was blown 100 meters (yards). Tauranga City Council reported one person was hospitalized and four people were treated on site.

Early fireworks explode over Sydney Opera House during the New Year’s Eve celebrations, in Sydney, Australia, December 31, 2022. REUTERS/Jaimi Joy

Early fireworks explode over Sydney Opera House during New Year’s Eve celebrations in Sydney, Australia, Dec. 31, 2022. Photo by Jaimi Joy/REUTERS

Over 1 million people crowded along Sydney’s waterfront for a multi-million dollar celebration based around the themes of diversity and inclusion. More than 7,000 fireworks were launched from the top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge and a further 2,000 from the nearby Opera House.

It was the “party Sydney deserves,” the city’s producer of major events and festivals Stephen Gilby told The Sydney Morning Herald.

“We have had a couple of fairly difficult years; we’re absolutely delighted this year to be able to welcome people back to the foreshores of Sydney Harbor for Sydney’s world-famous New Year’s Eve celebrations,” he said.

In Melbourne, Australia’s second largest city, a family-friendly fireworks display along the Yarra River as dusk fell preceded a second session at midnight.

Revellers gather to take part in New Year celebrations at a public park in Yangon on December 31, 2022. (Photo by Sai Aung MAIN / AFP) (Photo by SAI AUNG MAIN/AFP via Getty Images)

Revelers gather to take part in New Year’s Eve celebrations at a public park in Yangon, Myanmar on Dec. 31, 2022. Photo by Sai Aung Main/AFP via Getty Images

Authorities in military-ruled Myanmar announced a suspension of its normal four-hour curfew in the country’s three biggest cities so residents could celebrate New Year’s Eve. However, opponents of army rule urged people to avoid public gatherings, fearing that security forces might stage a bombing or other attack and blame it on them.

Concerns about the Ukraine war and the economic shocks it has spawned across the globe were felt in Tokyo, where Shigeki Kawamura has seen better times but said he needed a free, hot meal this New Year’s.

“I hope the war will be over in Ukraine so prices will stabilize,” he said. “Nothing good has happened for the people since we’ve had Mr. Kishida,” he said, referring to Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

He was one of several hundred people huddled in the cold in a line circling a Tokyo park to receive free New Year’s meals of sukiyaki, or slices of beef cooked in sweet sauce, with rice.

An entertainer performs during a countdown event for the 2023 New Year celebrations in Tokyo, Japan, December 31, 2022. REUTERS/Issei Kato

An entertainer performs during a countdown event for the 2023 New Year celebrations in Tokyo, Japan, Dec. 31, 2022. Photo by Issei Kato/REUTERS

“I hope the new year will bring work and self-reliance,” said Takaharu Ishiwata, who lives in a group home and hasn’t found lucrative work in years.

Kenji Seino, who heads the meal program for the homeless Tenohasi, which means “bridge of hands,” said the number of people coming for meals was rising, with jobs becoming harder to find after the coronavirus pandemic hit, and prices going up.

Associated Press journalists Henry Hou in Beijing, Renata Brito in Kyiv, Yuri Kagayema in Tokyo, Grant Peck in Bangkok, Zeynep Bilginsoy in Istanbul and Thomas Adamson in Paris contributed to this report.

Left: Revelers release balloons as they take part in New Year celebrations in Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 1, 2023. Photo by Issei Kato/REUTERS

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Metro UK: How to wish people a Happy New Year around the world in different languages

Jack Slater Saturday 31 Dec 2022 11:00 am

People will be celebrating around the world as we welcome in 2023 (Picture: Getty)

It’s almost time to link arms and break into a rousing rendition of Auld Lang Syne for New Year.

On New Year’s Eve we all sing the traditional Scottish folk song, so dipping in and out of other languages shouldn’t be anything new.

In that spirit, here’s how you can wish people a Happy New Year in a myriad of other languages, perfect whether you’re out celebrating in London with a group of friends from the world over or you’ve got friends and family in different time zones.

How to say Happy New Year in Spanish

In Spanish, the literal translation for Happy New Year is Feliz Año Nuevo

If you want to give it a bit more pep, you can say Feliz año nuevo, amigo (Happy New Year, friend) or Brindemos al Año Nuevo (Cheers to the New Year).

Fireworks and resolutions will see in the new year (Picture: Getty)

How to say Happy New Year in German

Happy New Year can be wished in German by saying either ‘Frohes Neues Jahr’ or ‘Gutes Neues Jahr’.

A colloquial greeting amongst some Germans is ‘Guten Rutsch’, which translates to ‘good slide.’

Why? No one really knows. Although most sites agree it comes from an old Yiddish phrase, a git Rosch, which wishes ‘a good beginning.’

How to say Happy New Year in French

Emily in Paris on the brain after the new season? Say bonjour to 2023 by wishing friends and family a ‘Bonne année.’

A year round greeting that works if you think you’ve missed the window to properly say Happy New Year is ‘Meilleurs Voeux’, which is an evergreen way of saying ‘best wishes.’

Hello 2023 – in many languages! (Picture: Getty)

Happy New Year in Maori, the indigenous language of New Zealand

The Maori people were the indigenous population of New Zealand and te reo – the language – is still commonly spoken by a portion of the population.

Since they’re one of the first places in the world to see in the New Year, you might want to know how to wish a Happy New Year in the dialect – Kia hari te tau hou.

How to say Happy New Year in Italian

Still not over White Lotus? Feel la dolce vita and see in 2023 with a hearty ‘Buon Anno’ or ‘Felice anno nuovo!’

Happy New Year in 10 other languages, from Afrikaans to Mandarin

  • Afrikaans – Gelukkige Nuwejaar (pronounced: gha-likkikga-neeva-yaarr)
  • Gaelic – Bliadhna mhath ur (pronounced: Bleenah vahth oohr)
  • Mandarin – ???? (pronounced: x?n nián kuài lè)
  • Portuguese – Feliz Ano Novo
  • Dutch – Fijne oudejaarsavond, Fine New Year’s Eve (pronounced: fei-nee ow-de-yaarr-sa-vont) or Gelukkig Nieuwjaar, Happy New Year (pronounced: ghu-lukkikgh-neew-yaarr)
  • Greek – ???? ?????? (pronounced: kali chronya)
  • Polish – Szcz??liwego Nowego Roku (pronounced: shch-eng-shlee-vego novego roku)
  • Welsh – blwyddyn newydd dda  (pronounced: BLOOdhin NEHwidh dha)
  • Japanese – ??????????????? (pronounced: akemashite omedeto gozaimasu)
  • Farsi – ??? ?? ????? (pronounced: sale nou mobarak).

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Highlights from New Year’s Eve celebrations around the globe.

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Remembering Madeleine Albright, First Woman to Become Secretary of State of U.S.A. Part 2

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Remembering Madeleine Albright, First Woman to Become Secretary of State of U.S.A. Part 2

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by   Mike Allen mike@axios.com                 March 24, 2022

  Great lives: Madeleine Albright, 84
In 1998, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright greets U.S. soldiers while visiting Air Base Eagle in Tuzla, Bosnia. Photo: Amel Emric/AP

Madeleine K. Albright, who died of cancer yesterday at 84, fled the Nazis as a child, then climbed to the summit of diplomacy and foreign policy in the U.S. — breaking the glass ceiling as the first female secretary of state, and setting the pace for other women to follow, AP’s Matt Lee writes.

·  President Bill Clinton said in announcing his historic choice for America’s top diplomat in 1996: “She has watched her world fall apart, and ever since, she has dedicated her life to spreading to the rest of the world the freedom and tolerance her family found here in America.”

In Gaza City in 1999, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright listens as Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat talks to President Bill Clinton about a peace deal. Photo: Reuters

For decades, Albright was a popular professor at Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service, where her “Modern Foreign Governments” was a required course and examined autocracies and the rise and fall of nation states, including in Ethiopia, the Czech Republic … and the Soviet Union.

·  The late AP Diplomatic Correspondent Barry Schweid contributed to this report.

World leaders react: “She became our voice.”

 CNN: Madeleine Albright’s life in pictures

Madeleine Albright’s life in pictures

Updated 4:41 PM ET, Wed March 23, 2022

Madeleine Albright, seen here in 1997, was the first woman to serve as US secretary of state.

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Madeleine Albright, the first woman to serve as US secretary of state, has died of cancer at the age of 84.

Albright was a central figure in President Bill Clinton’s administration, first serving as US ambassador to the United Nations before becoming the nation’s top diplomat in his second term. While in office, she championed NATO expansion and pushed for the alliance to intervene in the Balkans to stop genocide and ethnic cleansing.

Throughout her retirement, Albright continued working for democracy around the world and speaking about US policy. Asked by USA Today in August 2020 how she defined courage, Albright replied that it is “when you stand up for what you believe in when it’s not always easy and you get criticized for it.”

A young Albright sits with her father, Josef Korbel, in this photo circa 1945. Korbel was a Czech diplomat, and the family escaped Czechoslovakia 10 days after the Nazi invasion.

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Albright, center, works on the newspaper staff at Wellesley College in Massachusetts. She graduated in 1959 and later received a master’s degree and a Ph.D from Columbia University.

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In 1988, Albright worked as a senior foreign policy adviser for Democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis. She also worked for Walter Mondale’s unsuccessful campaign in 1984. During the Jimmy Carter administration, she was a White House staff member and congressional liaison for the National Security Council under Zbigniew Brzezinski.

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Albright, as the US ambassador to the United Nations, casts a vote in 1993. She was confirmed shortly after the election of President Bill Clinton, who she also advised during his campaign.

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Albright presents a poster from the World Conference on Women as she meets with Myanmar political leader Aung San Suu Kyi in 1995.

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Albright reaches out to a Burundian orphan while visiting the country in 1996.

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Albright is sworn in as US secretary of state in 1997.

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Albright looks over at North Korea during a visit to the border village of Panmunjom in 1997.

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Albright puts on a jacket as she visits the US Naval Academy in 1997.

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Albright’s red outfit stands out in a sea of suits as she poses with other foreign ministers during a NATO meeting in Lisbon, Portugal, in 1997.

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Albright has lunch with US troops serving in Bosnia in 1997.

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Albright greets well-wishers in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, in 1997. She was the first US secretary of state to visit the city since the Vietnam War.

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Albright talks with a member of the FBI while visiting the site where a US embassy was bombed in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, in 1998.

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Albright wipes away a tear as she and the Clintons attend a memorial ceremony for US citizens who were killed in an embassy bombing in Kenya in 1998.

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Albright is interviewed by John F. Kennedy Jr. for George magazine in 1998. Kennedy co-founded the magazine.

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Albright talks to US Brig. Gen. John Craddock, commander of the US troops that would be taking part in the Kosovo implementation force in 1999. Albright was crucial in pushing President Clinton to intervene in Kosovo to prevent a genocide against ethnic Muslims by former Serbian leader Slobodan Milosevic.

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Albright testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 1999. The committee was conducting hearings on the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty that the Senate would be voting on.

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President Bill Clinton is surrounded by Albright and others in 2000 while signing bipartisan legislation normalizing trade relations with China.

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Albright prepares to testify before a House committee in 2000 about how Russian President Vladimir Putin rose to power.

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Albright shares a toast with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il at a dinner in Pyongyang, North Korea, in 2000. Albright left office in 2001 after President Clinton’s second term ended.

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Albright visits a polling station in Abuja, Nigeria, in 2007. She was heading a delegation of election observers from the US-based National Democratic Institute.

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Albright speaks to a guest at the unveiling of her official portrait in Washington, DC, in 2008.

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Albright and presidential candidate Barack Obama attend a roundtable discussion on foreign affairs in 2008.

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Albright visits with students in Chicago in 2012. The city was hosting a NATO summit the next month.

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Albright helps plant a tree at a botanical garden in her native city of Prague, Czech Republic, in 2012.

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Obama presents Albright with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012. “As the first woman to serve as America’s top diplomat, Madeleine’s courage and toughness helped bring peace to the Balkans and paved the way for progress in some of the most unstable corners of the world,” Obama said in his remarks.

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Albright plays the drums while attending the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition in 2012.

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Albright, second from left, joins other secretaries of state at the groundbreaking ceremony for the US Diplomacy Center in 2014. From left are Hillary Clinton, Albright, Henry Kissinger, John Kerry, James Baker and Colin Powell.

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Albright talks with Ukrainian presidential candidate Petro Poroshenko at a meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, in 2014.

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Albright shows off her sneakers with Olympic athlete Angela Ruggiero as they attended an alumni weekend at Wellesley College in 2014.

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Albright was known for wearing brooches or decorative pins to convey her foreign policy messages. More than 200 of them were part of the “Read My Pins” collection.

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Albright attends the Glamour Women of the Year awards in 2015. She was a past honoree.

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Albright speaks at the Democratic National Convention in 2016.

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Actor George Clooney embraces Albright at the United Nations headquarters in 2016. They were attending a Leaders Summit for Refugees.

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Albright attends the funeral for former US Secretary of State Colin Powell in 2021.

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Oprah Talks to Madeleine Albright

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Oprah: We’ve all heard that on September 11 America was forever changed. What does that mean to you?

Madeleine: Americans have always felt pretty invulnerable here at home—until we were violated on our own territory in a way we have never been. In September more Americans died than on any other day in our history—and that has changed the way we look at things. In some ways we need to change. This attack was so awful that if we don’t change, the lives lost will be without vindication. I obviously can’t identify with what happened to those who lost their lives—but in a way I was in those buildings, you were in those buildings, every American was.

Oprah: That’s so true. When we last talked, you said you had seen unimaginable atrocities around the world. Have you ever seen anything like this?

Madeleine: Nobody has ever seen this kind of terrorism. I witnessed similar devastation when I visited our embassies in Nairobi and Tanzania [after the August 1998 bombings]. But there wasn’t the same loss of life. Through television we saw this tragedy in real time. While we were watching the first tower burn, all of a sudden the second plane goes through the other side—we’re watching it, and then we see the buildings come down. It was a visual horror that is unparalleled.

Oprah: I had to say out loud what I had seen, just so my brain could take it in.

Madeleine: What’s weird is that we’ve all probably seen movies like this and walked away thinking, “This couldn’t possibly happen.” So we’re left trying to get our minds around the fact that it’s not a horror show, it’s real life. I knew people in those buildings, so I felt a combination of every possible horrible feeling.

Oprah: How can we process the fear, the anxiety, the uncertainty of not knowing what’s next?

Madeleine: I’m not sure—I’m still processing the magnitude of what happened myself. But we have to be determined that we won’t let this stop us. The balance I have struggled with is between having a normal day and knowing that there are people wandering the streets of New York holding photographs and signs that read HAVE YOU SEEN MY HUSBAND?

Oprah: Yes. With every show I taped right after the tragedy, I thought, “How can I do this while they’re still rescuing people?”

Madeleine: I even feel awful having conversations about other matters. And yet I know that if we don’t continue getting back to normal, the terrorists will have won. It’s important that we invest in America—literally. The terrorists wanted to destroy our economy, and we can’t let our system fall apart. We also have to invest in one another. As I listen to the stories of those grieving, I know we’re all grieving with them. We have to go through that entire grief process.

For more information, please visit the following link:

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www.oprah.com: Madeleine Albright – Book that made a difference

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A list that includes even an ex-president’s favorite? Learn how epic histories keep former secretary of state Madeleine Albright in the know.

After doing plenty of academic writing over the years, I’m now working on my autobiography. The plot is somewhat complicated: I was born in Czechoslovakia, which was invaded by Hitler and taken over by the Communists. My family came to the United States in search of freedom. I was married, raised three children, divorced, and worked hard enough to end up in a pretty good job.

The most difficult part in writing about all this is deciding what to leave out; there are so many good stories. It’s also totally counterintuitive for me to write about myself. All my life, I’ve been taught not to be self-centered. As a result, I’m having a little trouble describing the main character. But it has been fascinating to look back, and I hope it will be interesting for others, as well. In many ways, my experiences have paralleled those of millions of women of my generation, in juggling the personal and the professional. As secretary of state, I experienced a lot of pressure, but also many moments of excitement and reward, and I have memories of people in Washington and around the world that shared both the high points and the low with me. I have received a lot of advice about how to write the book, which I have appreciated. But it wouldn’t seem right to tell the story of my life except in my own words and style, which is exactly what I intend to do.

Madeleine Albright’s autobiography will be published this fall.

What’s on Madeleine Albright’s Bookshelf? Read more!

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Great Moments in Mothering

Photo: Courtesy of Madeleine Albright

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Learning to Fly
by Madeleine Albright

My mother was hyperprotective—she hovered over me. In 1947 I was 10 years old, and we lived in Yugoslavia, where my father was the Czech ambassador. I had a governess who gave me lessons, and I would play with the children of other diplomats. It was a pretty limited life. We’d moved around a lot, so I couldn’t go to the regular school until the next year; I’d gotten ahead of myself. So my mother and father made the decision to send me away from our very close, loving family to a Swiss boarding school, and it was up to my mother to take me there.

I was a very serious child, and obedient. (I always thought when I wrote my memoir I would start with “I was born an adult.”) But I did not want to go. How would I manage? I didn’t speak a word of French. My way of resisting was to develop a rash. I don’t know whether it was psychosomatic or a genuine rash. But my mother, who was unexpectedly resolute, said, “We’re going.” On the flight to Zurich, I was crying so much that my mother’s whole arm was wet. Next morning in Zurich I told her, “I can’t move my legs.” Oh, she said, “Zurich is a center for polio research—we’ll find a doctor.” All of a sudden I could get out of bed.

My mother took me to that school and, overprotective though she was, made me go. And it was one of the most important years of my life. My first problem at the school was that in order to eat, you had to speak French. And you needed French to participate in class. So the early weeks were hard. In those days, you didn’t call your family every five minutes, and there was no e-mail. I didn’t even go home for Christmas. But in the end, I conquered the situation. I learned French, I learned to ski, I learned to be in a place that I wasn’t at all comfortable in, and I had to make it comfortable for myself. I learned to be independent. That year has stood me in good stead forever. And I grew to love it there.

I have three daughters now, and I remember nights when I lay in bed paralyzed with unreasonable fear over where they were. I think the hardest thing for a mother is to make it possible for a child to be independent and at the same time let the child know how much you love her, how much you want to take care of her, and yet how truly essential it is for her to fly on her own. It’s definitely the “pushing out of the nest syndrome.”

I think of my own mother, knowing what I know now. How difficult this must have been for her. She died in 1989. Without her, it sometimes feels as if there’s nothing between me and the sky, but then her lesson always shows itself. It is nothing short of a wonder that she sent me away. But she knew to do it.

Madeleine Albright was the first woman to serve as Secretary of State for the United States. She is the author of Madam Secretary (2003), The Mighty and the Almighty: Reflections on America, God, and World Affairs (2006) and Read My Pins (2009).

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The Challenge of Being a Working Mom, Madeleine Albright | MAKERS

May 18, 2012  MAKERS

Albright and her daughters know there’s no one answer for working moms. Born in prewar Prague, Albright’s earliest years were defined by her family’s political flight—first from Hitler and, after 1948, from Czechoslovakia’s Communist government. Albright was a Wellesley alumna, a naturalized citizen, and had worked as a journalist by the time she became a mother for the first time in 1960. She served as Ambassador to the UN for President Clinton’s first term and was appointed Secretary of State at the start of his second term, thereby becoming the highest-ranking woman in the history of the U.S. government.

Madeleine Albright’s Pin Collection

Former secretary of state Madeleine Albright wore pins to convey how she felt without saying a word. “The first President Bush had been known for saying ‘Read my lips,'” she says. “I began urging colleagues to ‘Read my pins.'”

The Dove Pin

Madeleine Albright was given this pin as a gift from the widow of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, who was slain because of his support for peace. She wore the dove pin while speaking about Middle East peace negotiations to convey the need for ending violence and to encourage reconciliation between historic rivals in Israel.

The Eagle Pin

Albright decided to wear this pin showing a gold eagle with widespread wings for her swearing-in ceremony—but later would come to regret it!

“What I failed to notice was that the clasp was not only old but complicated: Fastening it was a multistep process that I neglected to complete. All went well until I had one hand on the Bible and the other in the air.

“Then, I looked down and saw that my beautiful pin was dangling sideways. With all the commotion, I had no time to fix the problem until after the photographers had done their work, showing me standing next to the president with an eagle that had forgotten how to fly.”

The Katrina Pin

This beautiful flower pin composed of amethysts and diamonds was given to Albright by a young man whose mother died as a result of Hurricane Katrina. “I wear it as a reminder that jewelry’s greatest value comes not from precious stones or brilliant designs, but from the emotions we invest,” she says.

The Ladybug Pin

Not all of Albright’s pins had a serious message. When she wore pins like these ladybugs or a butterfly, the other foreign ministers would know she was in a good mood.

The Lion Pin

During four years of Middle East peace negotiations, Dr. Albright would wear this lion pin to encourage bravery.

The Serpent Pin

The serpent pin is the brooch that started it all. Albright served as America’s ambassador to the United Nations in President Bill Clinton’s first term. When she criticized Saddam Hussein for refusing to cooperate with U.N. weapons inspectors, Iraq’s government-controlled press responded angrily, publishing a poem that denounced her as an “unparalleled serpent.”

Soon after, Albright was scheduled to meet in New York with Iraqi officials. She decided to wear a pin in the shape of a serpent, thereby sending the message: “Don’t tread on me.” From that day forward, pins served as a way for Albright to communicate ideas and feelings without even saying a word.

Watch Albright describe the secret meaning behind her pins

Learn more about her book Read My Pins

Published 10/09/2009

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 Mars Report: Update on NASA’s Perseverance Rover SuperCam Instrument

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NASA’s Self-Driving Perseverance Mars Rover ‘Takes the Wheel’
The agency’s newest rover is trekking across the Martian landscape using a newly enhanced auto-navigation system.
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First You See It, Then You Don’t: Scientists Closer to Explaining Mars Methane Mystery
Why do some science instruments detect the gas on the Red Planet while others don’t?
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Watch (and Hear) How NASA’s Perseverance Rover Took Its First Selfie
The historic image of the rover beside the Mars Helicopter proved to be one of the most complex rover selfies ever taken. Video, with bonus audio, sheds light on the process.
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Study Looks More Closely at Mars’ Underground Water Signals
A new paper finds more radar signals suggesting the presence of subsurface ‘lakes,’ but many are in areas too cold for water to remain liquid.
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My Favorite Martian Image: Jezero Crater’s ‘Delta Scarp’
A Perseverance rover scientist’s favorite shot from the young Mars mission provides a new angle on an old and intriguing surface feature.
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NASA’s Perseverance Rover Begins Its First Science Campaign on Mars
The six-wheeled scientist is heading south to explore Jezero Crater’s lakebed in search of signs of ancient microbial life.
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NASA’s InSight Mars Lander Gets a Power Boost
The spacecraft successfully cleared some dust off its solar panels, helping to raise its energy and delay when it will need to switch off its science instruments.
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The End of One Drive by Perseverance on the Floor of Jezero Crater

Jul 21, 2021

This image of a Martian vista in Jezero Crater, made from smaller individual images, was taken by NASA’s Perseverance rover on July 3, 2021 (the 131th sol, or Martian day, of its mission). The rover’s tracks from its autonomous drive that day are visible on the right. The images that compose the larger mosaic came from the rover’s Navigation Cameras and were processed to enhance the contrast.

Perseverance has been exploring the floor of Jezero since it landed on Feb. 18, 2021.

A key objective for Perseverance’s mission on Mars is astrobiology, including the search for signs of ancient microbial life. The rover will characterize the planet’s geology and past climate, pave the way for human exploration of the Red Planet, and be the first mission to collect and cache Martian rock and regolith (broken rock and dust).

The Mars 2020 Perseverance mission is part of NASA’s Moon to Mars exploration approach, which includes Artemis missions to the Moon that will help prepare for human exploration of the Red Planet.

Subsequent NASA missions, in cooperation with ESA (European Space Agency), would send spacecraft to Mars to collect these sealed samples from the surface and return them to Earth for in-depth analysis.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California built and manages operations of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover for NASA.

For more information about the mission, go to: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020

Perseverance Rover Camera View of Long Autonomous Drive

Jul 21, 2021

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This video from July 1, 2021 (the 130th sol, or Martian day, of its mission), shows scenes from the longest autonomous drive yet for NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover, which landed on Feb. 18, 2021. At the beginning of the traverse on Sol 130, the rover’s engineers manually drove past NASA’s Ingenuity Mars Helicopter. Then the rover began driving autonomously, avoiding hazards and traveling 358 feet (109 meters) on its own.

One of the rover’s Navigation Cameras took the images about once every 16 feet (5 meters). They were processed to enhance the contrast.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California built and manages operations of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover for NASA.

For more information about the mission, go to: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020

Perseverance Scouts First Sampling Location

Jul 21, 2021

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This image shows the area on Mars from which NASA’s Perseverance rover will collect its first rock sample. Scientists are particularly interested in the flat stones that appear light-colored (informally called “paver rocks”). The Perseverance team has nicknamed this area in Mars’ Jezero Crater the “Crater Floor Fractured Rough” area.

The 28 individual images that were combined to make the larger main image were taken by the rover’s Mastcam-Z right-eye camera on July 8, 2021 (the 136th sol, or Martian day, of the mission). The images have been calibrated and are presented in natural color, simulating the approximate view that we would see with our own eyes if we were there.

A second version (Figure 1) combines 56 individual images from the rover’s Mastcam-Z left-eye and right-eye cameras on the same day. The images have been calibrated and are presented as a natural color anaglyph (for red-blue glasses), simulating the approximate 3D and color view that we would see with our own eyes if we were there.

The Mastcam-Z investigation is led and operated by Arizona State University in Tempe, working in collaboration with Malin Space Science Systems in San Diego, California, on the design, fabrication, testing, and operation of the cameras, and in collaboration with the Neils Bohr Institute of the University of Copenhagen on the design, fabrication, and testing of the calibration targets.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California built and manages operations of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover for NASA.

For more about Perseverance: mars.nasa.gov/mars2020

Witness Tube in Perseverance Sample Caching System

Jul 21, 2021

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As part of its search for signs of ancient life on Mars, Perseverance is the first rover to bring a sample caching system to the Red Planet that will package promising samples for return to Earth by a future mission. This series of images shows NASA’s Perseverance rover inspecting and sealing a “witness” sample tube on June 21, 2021 (the 120th sol, or Martian day, of the mission), as it prepares to collect its first sample of Martian rock and sediment.

Witness tubes are similar to the sample tubes that will hold Martian rock and sediment, except they have been preloaded with a variety of materials that can capture molecular and particulate contaminants. They are opened on the Martian surface to “witness” the ambient environment near sample collection sites. With samples returned to Earth in the future, the witness tubes would show whether Earth contaminants were present during sample collection. Such information would help scientists tell which materials in the Martian samples may be of Earth origin.

The sampling system’s dedicated camera, the Cachecam, captured these images.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California built and manages operations of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover for NASA.

For more information about the mission, go to: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020

SuperCam Image of Artuby

Jul 21, 2021


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NASA’s Perseverance rover took these zoomed-in images of a layered outcrop (just below center of image) nicknamed “Artuby” on June 17, 2021 (the 116th sol, or Martian Day, of its mission), from a little more than a third of a mile (615 meters) away. This mosaic is made up of three images taken by the Remote Microscopic Imager (RMI), part of the rover’s SuperCam instrument. Each circular image has a field of view of 37.73 feet (11.50 meters) at this distance. The images were combined using an algorithm that weights the image centers.

The outcrop shows evidence of being formed in an ancient lake. The feature is in the ‘Verdon’ quadrangle of Mars’ Jezero Crater, south of the landing site. Artuby is the name of a river in southern France.

One version (Figure 1) uses a Gaussian color stretch to make it easier to see differences among the colors. Another version (Figure 2) shows natural color, simulating the approximate view that we would see with our own eyes if we were on Mars.

Perseverance has been exploring the floor of Jezero Crater since it landed on Feb. 18, 2021.

SuperCam is led by Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, where the instrument’s Body Unit was developed. That part of the instrument includes several spectrometers as well as control electronics and software.

The Mast Unit, including the RMI used for these images, was developed and built by several laboratories of the CNRS (the French research center) and French universities under the contracting authority of Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES, the French space agency).

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California built and manages operations of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover for NASA.

For more about Perseverance: mars.nasa.gov/mars2020/ and nasa.gov/perseverance

Perseverance Looks Back After a Long Autonomous Drive

Jul 21, 2021

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover looks back toward its tracks on July 1, 2021 (the 130th sol, or Martian day, of its mission), after driving autonomously 358 feet (109 meters) – its longest autonomous drive to date. Taken by one of the rover’s Navigation Cameras, the image has been processed to enhance the contrast.

Perseverance has been exploring the floor of Jezero Crater since it landed on Feb. 18, 2021.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California built and manages operations of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover for NASA.

For more information about the mission, go to: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020

An Expanse for Perseverance to Explore

Jul 21, 2021

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This wide view of Mars’ Jezero Crater was taken by NASA’s Perseverance rover on July 15, 2021 (the 143rd sol, or Martian day, of its mission). The rover has driven nearly a mile (1.5 kilometers) south of its landing site, “Octavia E. Butler Landing,” into a region the team has nicknamed the “Crater Floor Fractured Rough” unit. The stones that appear light-colored and flat in this image (Figure 1) are informally referred to as the “paver rocks” and will be the first type from which Perseverance will collect a sample for planned return to Earth by subsequent missions. Small hills to the south of the rover and the sloping inner walls of the Jezero Crater rim fill the distant background of this view.

Five images from the rover’s Mastcam-Z instrument were calibrated and combined to make this mosaic. One version (main image), presented in natural color, simulates the approximate view that we would see with our own eyes if we were there. Another version (Figure 2) is presented in enhanced color to exaggerate the subtle red, green, and blue color differences among the materials in this scene.

A third version (Figure 3) combines the five images from both the left and right Mastcam-Z cameras into an anaglyph (for red-blue glasses) that simulate a 3D view of the scene in enhanced color.

Perseverance has been exploring the floor of Jezero since landing on Feb. 18, 2021.

The Mastcam-Z investigation is led and operated by Arizona State University in Tempe, working in collaboration with Malin Space Science Systems in San Diego, California, on the design, fabrication, testing, and operation of the cameras, and in collaboration with the Neils Bohr Institute of the University of Copenhagen on the design, fabrication, and testing of the calibration targets.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California built and manages operations of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover for NASA.

For more information about the mission, go to: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020

How Perseverance Thinks While Driving

Jul 21, 2021

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This engineering animation shows how NASA’s Perseverance rover analyzed the Martian landscape and autonomously steered around a hazard for the first time on Mars. The rover built a 3D map of its surroundings using its stereo cameras, generated a set of candidate paths to the goal, and selected the fastest one that is free of obstacles.

This drive took place on June 23, 2021 (the 122nd sol, or Martian day, of its mission).

Perseverance has been exploring the floor of Jezero Crater since it landed on Feb. 18, 2021.

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California built and manages operations of the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover for NASA.

For more information about the mission, go to: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020

Perseverance’s Arm Over Paver Rocks

Jul 20, 2021

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The robotic arm on NASA’s Perseverance rover reached out to examine rocks in an area on Mars nicknamed the “Cratered Floor Fractured Rough” area in this image captured on July 10, 2021 (the 138th sol, or Martian day, of its mission). The image was taken by one of the rover’s hazard cameras. An additional set of images from July 10-12 have been compiled into a GIF.

Scientists are particularly interested in the flat rocks that appear light in color (nicknamed “paver rocks”). This image was processed to enhance contrast.

JPL, which is managed for NASA by Caltech in Pasadena, California, built and manages operations of the Perseverance rover.

WATSON Views Foux

Jul 20, 2021

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover took this close-up of a rock target nicknamed “Foux” using its WATSON (Wide Angle Topographic Sensor for Operations and eNgineering) camera, part of the SHERLOC instrument on the end of the rover’s robotic arm. The image was taken July 11, 2021, the 139th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. The area within the camera is roughly 1.4 by 1 inches (3.5 centimeters by 2.6 centimeters).

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory built and manages operations of Perseverance and Ingenuity for the agency. Caltech in Pasadena, California, manages JPL for NASA. WATSON was built by Malin Space Science Systems (MSSS) in San Diego and is operated jointly by MSSS and JPL.

JPL, which is managed for NASA by Caltech in Pasadena, California, built and manages operations of the Perseverance rover.

PIXL’s First Chemical Maps

Jul 20, 2021

This data shows chemicals detected within a single rock on Mars by the Planetary Instrument for X-ray Lithochemistry (PIXL), one of the instruments on the end of the robotic arm aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover. PIXL allows scientists to study where specific chemicals can be found within an area as small as a postage stamp.

JPL, which is managed for NASA by Caltech in Pasadena, California, built and manages operations of the Perseverance rover.

Jul 22, 2021

The Little (Mars) Helicopter That Could

Ingenuity, the helicopter that arrived on the Red Planet on the Mars Perseverance rover, has made nine flights on Mars. Ingenuity’s historic achievement is the first powered helicopter flight on a terrestrial body other than Earth.

According to Håvard F. Grip, Ingenuity Chief Pilot, and Ken Williford, Perseverance Deputy Project Scientist, Flight 9, which occurred in July 2021, was unlike the flights that came before it. It broke our records for flight duration and cruise speed, and it nearly quadrupled the distance flown between two airfields. But what really set the flight apart was the terrain that Ingenuity had to negotiate during its 2 minutes and 46 seconds in the air – an area called “Séítah” that would be difficult to traverse with a ground vehicle like the Perseverance rover. This flight was also explicitly designed to have science value by providing the first close view of major science targets that the rover will not reach for quite some time.

But the Mars Perseverance team didn’t do it alone. A team of helicopter experts from our Ames Research Center in California assisted the Ingenuity team in making sure the technology demonstrator had the best chance for success in flying in the super thin atmosphere of the Red Planet. Learn more.

This image was captured by Mars Perseverance rover using its Left Mastcam-Z Camera, composed of a pair of cameras located high on the rover’s mast, on Jun. 15, 2021 (Sol 114).

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Last Updated: Jul 22, 2021

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SpaceCast Weekly – July 16, 2021

Jul 16, 2021  NASA Video   29:01 mins

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Jeff Bezos launches to space aboard Blue Origin rocket

Streamed live on Jul 20, 2021  CBS News

Jeff Bezos launched into space on Tuesday on the New Shepard rocket built by his company, Blue Origin. Bezos was joined by his brother Mark and two history-making passengers: 82-year-old aviation pioneer Wally Funk, the oldest person to fly in space, and Oliver Daemen, an 18-year-old Dutch student who is the youngest ever to fly in space. CBSN is CBS News’ 24/7 digital streaming news service featuring live, anchored coverage available for free across all platforms. Launched in November 2014, the service is a premier destination for breaking news and original storytelling from the deep bench of CBS News correspondents and reporters. CBSN features the top stories of the day as well as deep dives into key issues facing the nation and the world. CBSN has also expanded to launch local news streaming services in major markets across the country. CBSN is currently available on CBSNews.com and the CBS News app across more than 20 platforms, as well as the Paramount+ subscription service. Subscribe to the CBS News YouTube channel: http://youtube.com/cbsnews? Watch CBSN live: http://cbsn.ws/1PlLpZ7c? Download the CBS News app: http://cbsn.ws/1Xb1WC8? Follow CBS News on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cbsnews/? Like CBS News on Facebook: http://facebook.com/cbsnews? Follow CBS News on Twitter: http://twitter.com/cbsnews? Subscribe to our newsletters: http://cbsn.ws/1RqHw7T? Try Paramount+ free: https://bit.ly/2OiW1kZ For video licensing inquiries, contact: licensing@veritone.com

Neil deGrasse Tyson explains significance of Richard Branson’s space flight

Jul 10, 2021  CNN

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson explains what Richard Branson’s space flight could mean for the future of space tourism. #CNN #News

Velshi: We Can Focus On Climate Change & Still Marvel At Space Travel

Jul 17, 2021  MSNBC

There are valid criticisms of the commercial space industry. But let’s separate the criticisms of Bezos, Branson, and Musk from the remarkable achievements we are witnessing. Where the critics are wrong is in thinking last week’s Virgin Galactic launch and next week’s Blue Origin launch aren’t important and meaningful advances. I share your sense of urgency about social justice, democracy, climate change, public education, poverty eradication and higher wages. We can fix all of those things and still marvel at a space launch and dream about traveling to space or being the engineers, scientists and pilots who get us there.» Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc

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 NBC Nightly News Broadcast (Full) – July 27th and 24th, 2020, NBC Nightly News Broadcast (Full) – July 23rd, 2020, NBC Nightly News Broadcast (Full) – July 22nd, 2020, Portland Protesters, Local Officials Say Federal Presence Is Making Tensions Worse

 MSNBC: Trump’s Troops Violate The First Amendment And Undermine Faith in Federal Agencies, Trump Talks To Putin As U.S. Hits 4,000,000 Confirmed COVID-19 Cases | The 11th Hour, Calling Out Trump-Era Racism, Ice Cube Talks Police, Racial Justice And Anti-Semitism Allegations, Classified Status Hides Fired IG Report On Trump Golf Club Scheme | Rachel Maddow, Russel Honoré On Feds in Portland: ‘What Kind Of Bullsh-t Is This!?’ | The 11th Hour, Schmidt: Trump’s Portland Crackdown Is Frightening Federal Thuggery | The 11th Hour,  Madeleine Albright Reacts To Deployment Of Federal Agents In U.S. Cities | All In, ‘Wall Of Moms’ Organizer In Portland Speaks Out After Teargassing By Federal Agents | All In, Neal Katyal: Donald Trump Is ‘Fighting The American People’ | The Last Word, Merkley: Trump Has Brought Authoritarian Tactics To The Streets Of Our Country | Deadline, See How Trump Could Lose Re-Election Over ‘Law And Order’ Police Clash, Watch Rachel Maddow Highlights: July 21, Watch The Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell Highlights: July 21, and Watch All In With Chris Hayes Highlights: July 21

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PBS NewsHour full episode, July 27, 2020

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Jul 27, 2020  PBS NewsHour

Monday on the NewsHour, Senate Republicans unveil their proposal for the next coronavirus relief bill. Plus: Clashes continue between protesters and police in cities across the U.S., 30 years of the Americans with Disabilities Act, how India’s capital city is faring amid the pandemic, Politics Monday with Tamara Keith and Amy Walter and the creative contributions of artists with disabilities. Support your local PBS station here: https://pbs.org/donate WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS News Wrap: Final stage of COVID-19 vaccine trial begins https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-_-q… Where Senate GOP stands on proposal for more coronavirus aid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d_MR… Seattle mayor calls Trump’s protest response ‘un-American’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DvJ3… Americans with disabilities on what the ADA means to them https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02Ig5… 2 disability rights activists on ADA’s power and limitations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8UWex… Why India’s COVID-19 numbers likely underestimate outbreak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nP-be… Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on presidential poll numbers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5h51… Highlights from an ADA artists’ showcase https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKnpv… Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6

PBS NewsHour Weekend Full Episode July 26, 2020

Jul 26, 2020  PBS NewsHour

On this edition for Sunday, July 26, demonstrators clash with the police and protests continue in Portland and around the country, the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, and Rep. John Lewis’ makes its final journey across the Edmund Pettus Bridge. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from Sarasota, Florida. Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6

PBS NewsHour Weekend Full Episode, July 25, 2020

Jul 25, 2020  PBS NewsHour

On this edition for Saturday, July 25, how racial health inequities are aiding the spread of the coronavirus in America, a week of memorials begins for Rep. John Lewis, and the debate over the “hot hand” phenomenon in basketball. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from Florida. Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6

PBS NewsHour full episode, July 24, 2020

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Jul 24, 2020  PBS NewsHour

Friday on the NewsHour, an Alabama county illustrates the racial disparities in COVID-19 outcomes. Plus: Uncontrolled logging jeopardizes the health of a critical Congo rainforest, the latest polls on key Senate races, political analysis with Mark Shields and David Brooks, remembering coronavirus victims, murals with a message and previewing our new series on arts and culture, “Beyond the Canvas.” Support your local PBS station here: https://pbs.org/donate WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS News Wrap: Seattle mayor urges calm as federal agents arrive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3ADW… Ala. racial disparities in health outcomes predate pandemic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzG9M… Widespread logging threatens critical Congo Basin rainforest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efI8Q… What Trump’s dropping poll numbers mean for key Senate races https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgdzT… Shields and Brooks on key Senate races, John Lewis’ legacy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFa9s… Honoring 5 more victims of the coronavirus pandemic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnrvH… Boston artist paints backdrop to national dialogue on racism  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YlRk8… Previewing ‘Beyond the Canvas,’ series on arts and culture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzP3d… Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6

PBS NewsHour full episode, July 23, 2020

Jul 23, 2020  PBS NewsHour

Thursday on the NewsHour, as U.S. coronavirus infections top 4 million, Senate Republicans say they have a tentative deal for a new relief bill. Plus: Why President Trump is sending federal law enforcement into cities who don’t want it, the killing of Breonna Taylor sparks a movement, virtual campaigning, pandemic childcare struggles, an unusual baseball season, a canceled convention and more. Support your local PBS station here: https://pbs.org/donate WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS News Wrap: Senate GOP announces tentative deal on aid bill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DlAL… Trump sending federal agents to cities that don’t want them https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8VZc… Ridge: Trump’s deployment of federal forces an ‘invasion’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V88Ev… Will police officers be charged in death of Breonna Taylor? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN4Qq… What virtual campaigning means for Trump and Biden https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PNAP… Pandemic exposes fragility, inadequacy of U.S. child care https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYyHt… Can MLB play ball and still avoid an outbreak? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MxPJC… Writer and actor Aasif Mandvi on staying true to himself https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOt4p… Why Trump decided to cancel Jacksonville convention https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6n6ej… Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6

PBS NewsHour full episode, July 22, 2020

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Jul 22, 2020  PBS NewsHour

Wednesday on the NewsHour, coronavirus spread in the U.S. shows no signs of easing, as officials scramble to respond. Plus: Former CDC head Dr. Tom Frieden on critical data collection during the pandemic, escalating tensions between the U.S. and China, the hunt for a COVID-19 vaccine, American drug overdoses rise, the latest census political controversy and a children’s song about racial violence. Support your local PBS station here: https://pbs.org/donate WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS U.S. sees rising infections and deaths — and dwindling PPE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ygOL… Former CDC director on collecting data to contain COVID-19 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9aDV4… News Wrap: Trump to send federal agents to more cities https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN3o3… Amid consulate closure, 2 views on U.S. policy toward China https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-55YT… What we know about the search for a COVID-19 vaccine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tybSw… How the pandemic is complicating America’s addiction crisis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3BPRy… What political and pandemic challenges mean for 2020 Census https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ2LM… A children’s choir’s message about police violence https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsdpB… Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6 Follow us: Facebook: http://www.pbs.org/newshour Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/newshour Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/newshour Snapchat: @pbsnews Subscribe: PBS NewsHour podcasts: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/podcasts Newsletters: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/subscribe

#WashWeekPBS full episode: President Trump orders federal agents into cities as COVID-19 deaths rise

Jul 24, 2020  Washington Week

President Trump’s plan to send thousands of federal officers into cities sparked outrage as the number of Americans who have tested positive for COVID-19 passed 4 million this week. And lawmakers left for the weekend without extending the $600 supplement for unemployed Americans. The panel discussed the latest on the Coronavirus crisis and the 2020 election as President Trump pivoted on masks and canceled his Jacksonville convention speech. Panel: Peter Baker of the New York Times, Weijia Jiang of CBS News, Rachel Scott of ABC News and Jake Sherman of POLITICO

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Trump won these key states in 2016. Now, he’s losing them

Jul 26, 2020  CNN

CNN’s John King breaks down the latest CNN polls for the US election that show President Trump trailing behind Joe Biden in the key states of Arizona, Florida and Michigan.

Don Lemon: President Trump is beaten by the coronavirus

Jul 23, 2020  CNN

CNN’s Don Lemon gives his take on President Donald Trump announcing that there will not be Republican convention activities in Jacksonville, Florida. #CNN #News

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dR5euI9g-Xg

Fact-check: Trump suggests protests led to rise in Covid-19 cases

Jul 23, 2020  CNN

CNN’s Daniel Dale fact-checks President Trump’s claim that Covid-19 cases “started to rise among young Americans shortly after demonstrations,” referring to the racial justice protests in response to the killing of George Floyd. #CNN #News

NBC Nightly News Broadcast (Full) – July 27th, 2020 | NBC Nightly News

Jul 27, 2020  NBC News

Moderna begins Phase 3 human trials for the coronavirus vaccine, Rep. John Lewis lies in state at the Capitol Rotunda and schools begin reopening amid the pandemic. Watch “NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt” at 6:30 p.m. ET / 5:30 p.m. CT (or check your local listings). 00:00 Intro 01:23 Moderna’s Covid-19 Vaccine Candidate Begins Final-Stage Testing 04:21 U.S. Records 1,000+ Covid-19 Deaths Per Day For Nearly A Week 06:52 John Lewis Honored, Lying In State At U.S. Capitol 09:29 President Trump’s National Security Adviser Tests Positive For Covid-19 11:05 Senate Republican Covid-19 Relife Proposal, Far From Democrats 11:39 How Safe? Mississippi School District Reopens With New Protective Measures 13:40 Violent Clashes Amid Protests In Portland, Other Cities 15:18 Kathie Lee Gifford Reflects On The Last Time She Saw Regis Philbin » Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC » Watch more NBC video: http://bit.ly/MoreNBCNews Connect with NBC Nightly News online! NBC News App: https://smart.link/5d0cd9df61b80 Breaking News Alerts: https://link.nbcnews.com/join/5cj/bre… Visit NBCNightlyNews.com: https://nbcnews.to/2wFotQ8 Find Nightly News on Facebook: https://bit.ly/2TZ1PhF Follow Nightly News on Twitter: https://bit.ly/1yFY2s4 Follow Nightly News on Instagram: https://bit.ly/2tEncJD NBC News Digital is a collection of innovative and powerful news brands that deliver compelling, diverse and engaging news stories. NBC News Digital features NBCNews.com, MSNBC.com, TODAY.com, Nightly News, Meet the Press, Dateline, and the existing apps and digital extensions of these respective properties. We deliver the best in breaking news, live video coverage, original journalism and segments from your favorite NBC News Shows. NBC Nightly News Broadcast (Full) – July 27th, 2020 | NBC Nightly News

NBC Nightly News Broadcast (Full) – July 23rd, 2020 | NBC Nightly News

Jul 23, 2020  NBC News

United States passes 4 million coronavirus cases, Trump cancels in-person Republican National Convention in Florida, and pandemic unemployment benefit set to expire at end of month. Watch “NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt” at 6:30 p.m. ET / 5:30 p.m. CT (or check your local listings). 00:00 Intro » Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC » Watch more NBC video: http://bit.ly/MoreNBCNews Connect with NBC Nightly News online! NBC News App: https://smart.link/5d0cd9df61b80 Breaking News Alerts: https://link.nbcnews.com/join/5cj/bre… Visit NBCNightlyNews.com: https://nbcnews.to/2wFotQ8 Find Nightly News on Facebook: https://bit.ly/2TZ1PhF Follow Nightly News on Twitter: https://bit.ly/1yFY2s4 Follow Nightly News on Instagram: https://bit.ly/2tEncJD NBC News Digital is a collection of innovative and powerful news brands that deliver compelling, diverse and engaging news stories. NBC News Digital features NBCNews.com, MSNBC.com, TODAY.com, Nightly News, Meet the Press, Dateline, and the existing apps and digital extensions of these respective properties. We deliver the best in breaking news, live video coverage, original journalism and segments from your favorite NBC News Shows. NBC Nightly News Broadcast (Full) – July 23rd, 2020 | NBC Nightly News

NBC Nightly News Broadcast (Full) – July 22nd, 2020 | NBC Nightly News

Jul 22, 2020  NBC News

California now has nation’s highest number of coronavirus cases, U.S. strikes $2 billion coronavirus vaccine deal with Pfizer, and former ‘Rosie the Riveter’ makes masks to protect against coronavirus. Watch “NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt” at 6:30 p.m. ET / 5:30 p.m. CT (or check your local listings). » Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC » Watch more NBC video: http://bit.ly/MoreNBCNews

Portland Protesters, Local Officials Say Federal Presence Is Making Tensions Worse | NBC News NOW

Jul 22, 2020  NBC News

NBC News’ Maura Barret speaks to protesters in Portland about how the presence of federal officers is making the situation worse as they demonstrate against police brutality. » Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC » Watch more NBC video: http://bit.ly/MoreNBCNews

Trump’s Troops Violate The First Amendment And Undermine Faith in Federal Agencies | MSNBC

Jul 25, 2020  MSNBC

Former FBI special agent Clint Watts and former U.S. attorney Joyce Vance discuss Donald Trump’s assault on democracy.» Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc

Trump Talks To Putin As U.S. Hits 4,000,000 Confirmed COVID-19 Cases | The 11th Hour | MSNBC

Jul 24, 2020  MSNBC

With the nation hitting over 4,000,000 coronavirus cases, Trump says it will all work out after speaking on the phone to Vladimir Putin and the Saudi crown prince. Aired on 7/23/2020. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc

Calling Out Trump-Era Racism, Ice Cube Talks Police, Racial Justice And Anti-Semitism Allegations

Jul 24, 2020  MSNBC

Rapper Ice Cube discusses racism, police brutality, what has changed – and what hasn’t – since his iconic song “F—The Police” in this extensive interview with MSNBC’s Ari Melber. Melber also raises recent allegations of anti-Semitism against the rapper and actor; the history of hip hop and other music exposing racial injustice; and how politicians in both parties often attacked Black musicians rather than listening to their concerns about policing. The discussion also includes an appearance by historian Jon Meacham, who wrote about Ice Cube and other artists in his book “Songs of America: Patriotism, Protest, and the Music That Made a Nation.” (This interview is from MSNBC’s “The Beat with Ari Melber, a news show covering politics, law and culture airing nightly at 6pm ET on MSNBC. http://www.thebeatwithari.com). Aired on 7/24/2020. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc

Classified Status Hides Fired IG Report On Trump Golf Club Scheme | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC

Jul 23, 2020  MSNBC

Rachel Maddow points out in reporting about Donald Trump asking the campaign donor he appointed as U.S. ambassador to the U.K. to try to get more business to his golf resort that the matter was investigated by the State Department inspector general, but the report has been marked “classified” and the inspector general has been fired. Aired on 7/22/2020. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc

Russel Honoré On Feds in Portland: ‘What Kind Of Bullsh-t Is This!?’ | The 11th Hour | MSNBC

Jul 22, 2020  MSNBC

Retired Army Lt. Gen. Russel Honoré is blasting the Trump administration for deploying anonymous federal agents into Portland, OR as the administration suggests it might do the same in more U.S. cities. Aired on 7/21/2020. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc MSNBC delivers breaking news, in-depth analysis of politics headlines, as well as commentary and informed perspectives. Find video clips and segments from The Rachel Maddow Show, Morning Joe, Meet the Press Daily, The Beat with Ari Melber, Deadline: White House with Nicolle Wallace, Hardball, All In, Last Word, 11th Hour, and more.

Schmidt: Trump’s Portland Crackdown Is Frightening Federal Thuggery | The 11th Hour | MSNBC

Jul 23, 2020  MSNBC

Reacting to the violent crackdown on protesters in Portland, OR and Trump’s plan to send agents into more cities, Steve Schmidt excoriates the president and says, ‘This should scare the hell out of every American.’ Aired on 7/22/2020. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc MSNBC delivers breaking news, in-depth analysis of politics headlines, as well as commentary and informed perspectives. Find video clips and segments from The Rachel Maddow Show, Morning Joe, Meet the Press Daily, The Beat with Ari Melber, Deadline: White House with Nicolle Wallace, Hardball, All In, Last Word, 11th Hour, and more.

Madeleine Albright Reacts To Deployment Of Federal Agents In U.S. Cities | All In | MSNBC

Jul 22, 2020  MSNBC

Fmr. Sec. of State Madeleine Albright: “For a President and an administration that calls itself ‘law and order,’ they have broken the law, and are creating disorder.” Aired on 7/22/2020. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc MSNBC delivers breaking news, in-depth analysis of politics headlines, as well as commentary and informed perspectives. Find video clips and segments from The Rachel Maddow Show, Morning Joe, Meet the Press Daily, The Beat with Ari Melber, Deadline: White House with Nicolle Wallace, Hardball, All In, Last Word, 11th Hour, and more.

‘Wall Of Moms’ Organizer In Portland Speaks Out After Teargassing By Federal Agents | All In | MSNBC

Jul 22, 2020  MSNBC

Portland “Wall of Moms” organizer describes the horrific experience of being teargassed by federal agents: “It was frightening. I want to tell you that I handled it like a champ and I stood my ground, but I did not.” Aired on 7/22/2020. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc

Neal Katyal: Donald Trump Is ‘Fighting The American People’ | The Last Word | MSNBC

Jul 23, 2020  MSNBC

Neal Katyal, the former U.S. Solicitor General, joins Lawrence O’Donnell to discuss Donald Trump’s “cowardice and lack of principle” in sending federal officers to Portland to end anti-racism protests. Aired on 7/22/2020. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc

Merkley: Trump Has Brought Authoritarian Tactics To The Streets Of Our Country | Deadline | MSNBC

Jul 22, 2020  MSNBC

Senator from Oregon Jeff Merkley speaks with Nicolle Wallace about the presence of federal law enforcement in Portland and Trump’s announcement that agents will be deployed to more cities. Aired on 07/22/2020. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc MSNBC delivers breaking news, in-depth analysis of politics headlines, as well as commentary and informed perspectives. Find video clips and segments from The Rachel Maddow Show, Morning Joe, Meet the Press Daily, The Beat with Ari Melber, Deadline: White House with Nicolle Wallace, Hardball, All In, Last Word, 11th Hour, and more.

See How Trump Could Lose Re-Election Over ‘Law And Order’ Police Clash | MSNBC

Jul 22, 2020  MSNBC

As the Trump administration ratchets up the deployment of federal agents to Democratic-run cities across the country, Trump is using a very old playbook touting “law and order.” But in a special report from MSNBC’s Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber, there are clear signs this strategy may not work as it has in the past – politically or substantively. (This interview is from MSNBC’s “The Beat with Ari Melber, a news show covering politics, law and culture airing nightly at 6pm ET on MSNBC. http://www.thebeatwithari.com). Aired on 7/22/2020. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc

Watch Rachel Maddow Highlights: July 21 | MSNBC

Jul 22, 2020  MSNBC

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Lawrence O’Donnell examines the political stories of the day. Watch weeknights at 10 p.m. ET on MSNBC. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc MSNBC delivers breaking news and in-depth analysis of the headlines, as well as informed perspectives. Find video clips and segments from The Rachel Maddow Show, Morning Joe, All In, Last Word, 11th Hour, and more.

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Jul 22, 2020  MSNBC

Ali Velshi guest hosts for Hayes. Get the latest news and commentary from Chris Hayes weekdays at 8 p.m. ET on MSNBC. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc MSNBC delivers breaking news and in-depth analysis of the headlines, as well as informed perspectives. Find video clips and segments from The Rachel Maddow Show, Morning Joe, All In, Last Word, 11th Hour, and more.

Rare Black Panther Shadows His Leopard Mate in Incredible Shot by Photographer Mithun H

Rare Black Panther Shadows His Leopard Mate in Incredible Shot by Photographer Mithun H

JULY 23, 2020  GRACE EBERT

“The Eternal Couple.” Image © Mithun H, shared with permission

Since 2014, wildlife filmmaker and photographer Mithun H has been pining for sightings of Saya, a black panther that’s been eluding his admirers in the Kabini Forest in India for years. After camping out in the area for six days, the photographer captured a stunning image of the mysterious animal shadowing his leopard partner, Cleopatra.

Mithun H notes that the couple have been together for four years and have an atypical relationship for the species. “Usually in the courting pairs generally it is the male who takes charge and moves around with the female following close behind. But with this couple, it was definitely Cleo who was in charge while the panther followed,” he wrote on Instagram.

This isn’t the photographer’s first experience with the rare cat, either. He previously worked with National Geographic Wild on The Real Black Panther, which follows Saya’s life. “It’s been a passion and a beautiful journey in the woods of Kabini,” the photographer says. (via PetaPixel)

A Traveling Exhibition of 100 Stunning Selections from the 2018 Wildlife Photographer of the Year

A Traveling Exhibition of 100 Stunning Selections from the 2018 Wildlife Photographer of the Year

JANUARY 17, 2019  KATE SIERZPUTOWSKI

“The golden couple,” Marsel van Oosten, The Netherlands, Grand Title Winner 2018, Animal Portraits

Last fall Dutch photographer Marsel van Oosten was the overall winner of the 54th annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition (previously) after being selected from over 45,000 submissions. His image, The Golden

Couple, captures a pair of golden snub-nosed monkeys against a wooded backdrop. Their bright blue faces glow against the lush forest of China’s Qinling Mountains—the only habitat where the endangered primates are found in the wild.

In total there were 19 category winners from the tens of thousands who submitted images of wildlife and natural environments from all corners of the globe. Winning images included a wasp carrying a perfectly round segment of mud, two owls nestled snuggly in a pipe, and a leopard dreaming on a low branch. The winners, plus a selection of other entries from the competition, are currently in an exhibition which will travel to Canada, Spain, Australia, and Germany. The next stop for “Wildlife Photographer of the Year” is the Field Museum in Chicago, which opens March 22 and runs through January 2020. (via Block Club Chicago)

“Pipe owls,” Arshdeep Singh, India, Winner 2018, 10 Years and Under

“Hellbent,” David Herasimtschuk, USA, Winner 2018, Behaviour: Amphibians and Reptiles

“Mud-rolling mud-dauber,” Georgina Steytler, Australia, Winner 2018, Behaviour: Invertebrates

“Night flight,” Michael Patrick O’Neill, USA, Winner 2018, Under Water

“Windsweep,” Orlando Fernandez Miranda, Spain, Winner 2018, Earth’s Environments

“Mother defender,” Javier Aznar González de Rueda, Spain, Winner 2018, Wildlife Photographer Portfolio Award

“Lounging leopard,” Skye Meaker, South Africa, Grand Title Winner 2018, 15-17 Years Old

“Bed of seals,” Cristobal Serrano, Spain, Winner 2018, Animals in their environment

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PBS NewsHour full episode, July 16, 2020

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Jul 16, 2020  PBS NewsHour

Thursday on the NewsHour, President Trump changes his campaign staff as the COVID-19 pandemic worsens. Plus: The politics of wearing face masks, how Trump is advancing his political agenda, cyber intrusions with global impact, racial disparities in American health outcomes, Italy’s recovery from coronavirus crisis, surviving COVID-19 and a Brief But Spectacular take on reimagining doctor’s visits. Support your local PBS station here: https://pbs.org/donate WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS Trump changes campaign staff as poll numbers drop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYMrI… A Ga. mayor on ‘frustrating’ political battle over masks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHXHJ… News Wrap: EU to reduce data sharing with U.S. tech giants https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxdxI… The policy wins Trump is handing his base during pandemic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZrPu… What high-profile hacking attacks say about cybersecurity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLpgl… Why COVID-19 is disproportionately killing Black Americans https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIIEx… In Italy, pandemic’s economic harm gives rise to a new poor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zLtl… Stories of hope and resilience from COVID-19 survivors https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCQd3… A prescription for improving health outcomes among the poor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlxf_… Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6

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Wednesday on the NewsHour, as the coronavirus crisis rages on, so does the verbal battle between the nation’s top public health expert and members of the Trump administration. Plus: Californians worry about COVID-19, Chinatown’s pandemic response, a new public health challenge for Democratic Republic of Congo, the economics of racial disparities and Hollywood’s reckoning on race. Support your local PBS station here: https://pbs.org/donate WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS Trump steps up criticism of Fauci on pandemic response https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rH3HT… News Wrap: Walmart to require face coverings in stores https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ye1zq… How 1 California mayor is responding to virus rise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-fEe… How San Francisco’s Chinatown kept coronavirus in check https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHwh7… Ebola finally defeated, Congo faces COVID-19  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzG7P… The economics behind racial coronavirus disparities https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nhi12… Hollywood turns scrutiny inward amid nation’s race dialogue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JjorV… Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6

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Tuesday on the NewsHour, as U.S. states see record numbers of coronavirus cases and deaths, some are moving toward implementing restrictions again. Also: Sen. Bernie Sanders on Joe Biden’s climate change proposals, the shifting role of the CDC during coronavirus, a Maryland community college grappling with the pandemic and racial inequities, the Supreme Court and racial inequities in publishing. Support your local PBS station here: https://pbs.org/donate WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS Where rising virus cases could mean new restrictions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWwWD… News Wrap: UK bans Huawei from 5G mobile network https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YQy4… Why Sanders thinks his supporters will support Biden https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va2tW… Why CDC’s politicization is ‘dangerous’ for American public https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=alDe-… How this community college is adapting to tumultuous times https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1n7Zn… Why this Supreme Court term was so unusual https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MbrSJ… Dana Canedy on making the publishing industry more inclusive https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JRvZ5… Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6

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Monday on the NewsHour, the coronavirus continues to spread across much of the U.S., forcing some states to implement new restrictions. Plus: The debate over reopening schools this fall, a Virginia mayor on managing the pandemic, what the murder of Vanessa Guillén says about the U.S. military, Trump commutes the jail sentence of Roger Stone and political analysis with Amy Walter and Tamara Keith. Support your local PBS station here: https://pbs.org/donate WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS As coronavirus surges, Trump and White House attack Fauci https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NUkkQ… ‘Teachers are scared’ to be in school, says Florida educator https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqrXX… News Wrap: 200 colleges join suit over foreign student visas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_L-M5… How this Virginia mayor has made decisions during COVID-19 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rVIP… How U.S. military should respond to Vanessa Guillen’s murder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7MO4… Why Trump’s commutation of Roger Stone is ‘highly unusual’  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezaBY… Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Trump vs. Fauci, GOP polling https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92Y-d… Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6

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Jul 12, 2020  PBS NewsHour

On this edition for Sunday, July 12, COVID-19 cases continue to spike across the country, more on Roger Stone’s commuted sentence, one city’s attempt to aggressively cut food waste and emissions, and we speak to one of the trailblazing women competing virtually in this year’s Tour de France. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from Sarasota, Florida. Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6

PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode July 11, 2020

Jul 11, 2020  PBS NewsHour

On this edition for Saturday, July 11, a presidential pardon for Roger Stone, U.S. breaks another coronavirus case record, and revisiting ‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ 60 years later. And with racial hate crimes on the rise globally, a look at what is considered terrorism, in the U.S. and abroad. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from Florida. Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6

NBC Nightly News Broadcast (Full) – July 15th, 2020 | NBC Nightly News

Jul 15, 2020  NBC News

Growing push for mask mandate as 22 states set daily coronavirus case records, schools’ plans for reopening vary across the country, and small businesses feel second round of pain as some states roll back reopenings. Watch “NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt” at 6:30 p.m. ET / 5:30 p.m. CT (or check your local listings). 00:00 Intro 1:34 New Mask Mandates As COVID Spreads Faster Than Ever 2:06 Florida Tops 300,000 Cases Of Coronavirus 2:25 Alabama Orders Residents To Wear Masks In Public 2:58 Walmart, Kroger To Require Shoppers To Wear Masks 3:13 Oklahoma Governor Tests Positive For COVID-19 3:26 Growing Number Of States Roll Back Reopenings 4:22 Big School Districts Plan Online Classes In Fall 6:18 Oxford Vaccine May Offer Patients ‘Double Defense’ 7:21 Trump: Top Adviser ‘Shouldn’t’ Have Attacked Dr. Fauci 8:27 Fauci Calls Attacks From White House ‘Bizarre’ 9:17 Massive Twitter Hack On Biden, Apple, Elon Musk & More 10:15 New Body Cam Video Revealed In George Floyd Death 11:49 George Floyd’s Family Sues Police Department, City 12:45 Doctors Warn Of COVID & Flu Double Threat In Fall 15:01 Small Businesses Fear They Won’t Survive Second Shutdown 17:12 NBC News Correspondent’s Own Battle With COVID-19 » Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC » Watch more NBC video: http://bit.ly/MoreNBCNews NBC News Digital is a collection of innovative and powerful news brands that deliver compelling, diverse and engaging news stories. NBC News Digital features NBCNews.com, MSNBC.com, TODAY.com, Nightly News, Meet the Press, Dateline, and the existing apps and digital extensions of these respective properties. We deliver the best in breaking news, live video coverage, original journalism and segments from your favorite NBC News Shows. Connect with NBC Nightly News online! NBC News App: https://smart.link/5d0cd9df61b80 Breaking News Alerts: https://link.nbcnews.com/join/5cj/bre… Visit NBCNightlyNews.com: https://nbcnews.to/2wFotQ8 Find Nightly News on Facebook: https://bit.ly/2TZ1PhF Follow Nightly News on Twitter: https://bit.ly/1yFY2s4 Follow Nightly News on Instagram: https://bit.ly/2tEncJD NBC Nightly News Broadcast (Full) – July 15th, 2020 | NBC Nightly News

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Jul 15, 2020  CNN

CNN’s Anderson Cooper called out a recent Instagram endorsement by President Donald Trump amid surges in the coronavirus pandemic across the US and ongoing tension between the White House and Dr. Anthony Fauci, saying it’s “grotesque.” #AC360 #CNN #News

Watch Rachel Maddow Highlights: July 14 | MSNBC

Jul 15, 2020  MSNBC

Ali Velshi guest hosts for Maddow. Watch the top news stories and highlights from The Rachel Maddow Show, airing weeknights at 9 p.m. on MSNBC. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc MSNBC delivers breaking news and in-depth analysis of the headlines, as well as informed perspectives. Find video clips and segments from The Rachel Maddow Show, Morning Joe, All In, Last Word, 11th Hour, and more.

Russia Engagement With U.S. Politics A ‘Long-Running Story,’ Says Author | Morning Joe | MSNBC

Jul 14, 2020  MSNBC

Author David Shimer discusses his new book ‘Rigged: America, Russia and 100 Years of Covert Electoral Interference.’ Former Secretary of Homeland Security Jeh Johnson also joins the discussion. Aired on 07/14/2020. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc

Trump gets upset when asked about police killing Blacks

Jul 14, 2020  CNN

During an interview with CBS News, President Donald Trump responded to a question about why Black Americans are still dying at the hands of law enforcement by saying “more White people” are killed by police and calling the question “terrible.” #Trump #CNN #News

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Hasan Reacts to Ivanka Trump Telling Jobless Americans To ‘Find Something New’ | All In | MSNBC

Jul 14, 2020  MSNBC

Mehdi Hasan: “She works in the White House today because her dad hired her for a job she is manifestly unqualified for. This is a woman whose husband and father’s catastrophic mishandling of this virus is the reason the economy is so bad right now.” Aired on 7/14/2020. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc

Watch The 11th Hour With Brian Williams Highlights: July 13 | MSNBC

Jul 14, 2020  MSNBC

Get the latest news and commentary from Brian Williams weeknights on The 11th Hour. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc MSNBC delivers breaking news and in-depth analysis of the headlines, as well as informed perspectives. Find video clips and segments from The Rachel Maddow Show, Morning Joe, All In, Last Word, 11th Hour, and more.

Watch The Last Word With Lawrence O’Donnell Highlights: July 13 | MSNBC

Jul 14, 2020  MSNBC

Lawrence O’Donnell examines the political stories of the day. Watch weeknights at 10 p.m. ET on MSNBC. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc

7-day average of new Covid-19 cases in US reaches highest level yet

Jul 14, 2020  CNN

CNN’s John King breaks down the latest US coronavirus data showing the seven-day average has risen above 60,000, making it the highest average to date. #CNN #News

Trump Gives Subdued, Rambling Campaign-Style Speech In Rose Garden | The 11th Hour | MSNBC

Jul 15, 2020  MSNBC

Breaking with presidential tradition, Trump took to the Rose Garden in an event billed as a ‘press conference’ to give a 52-minute speech that repeatedly attacked Joe Biden, China, and more. Aired on 7/14/2020. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc

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President Trump announced Friday that he would commute the sentence of his former adviser and confidant Roger Stone. The panel discussed the president’s move and how it may affect the 2020 election campaign. Panel: Yamiche Alcindor of the PBS NewsHour, Eamon Javers of CNBC, Paula Reid of CBS News, Cleve R. Wootson Jr. of The Washington Post Watch the latest full show and Extra here: https://pbs.org/washingtonweek Subscribe to our YouTube

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DeVos asked if she has a plan to reopen schools. See her response

Jul 12, 2020  CNN

CNN’s Dana Bash speaks to Education Secretary Besty DeVos about whether or not she has a plan for schools to safely reopen for students as Covid-19 cases surge in the US. #CNN #News

Chris Wallace RIPS DeVos for trying to illegally cut off funding to schools that don’t re-open

Jul 12, 2020  Brian Tyler Cohen

BREAKING: Chris Wallace just RIPPED DeVos for trying to illegally cut off funding to schools that don’t re-open. To demand Betsy DeVos and Trump not endanger America’s children to try to win the election, sign here ? http://odaction.com/btcdevosschools

Full Panel: Robert Mueller Writes That Roger Stone Remains A Convicted Felon | Meet The Press

Jul 12, 2020  NBC News

Kristen Welker, Anna Palmer and George Will join the Meet the Press roundtable to discuss President Trump’s commutation of Roger Stone’s prison sentence.» Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC » Watch more NBC video: http://bit.ly/MoreNBCNews

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As Mary Trump’s Book Comes Out, President Appears To Flounder | MSNBC

Jul 11, 2020  MSNBC

Donald Trump’s populist message is apparently faltering as America struggles with racism, and as his niece Mary Trump’s book threatens to cast an allegedly harsh, revealing spotlight on the president. Joy Reid and her panel discuss.» Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc MSNBC delivers breaking news, in-depth analysis of politics headlines, as well as commentary and informed perspectives. Find video clips and segments from The Rachel Maddow Show, Morning Joe, Meet the Press Daily, The Beat with Ari Melber, Deadline: White House with Nicolle Wallace, Hardball, All In, Last Word, 11th Hour, and more.

William Barr ‘Decapitates’ Third U.S. Attorney’s Office Looking At Trump | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC

Jul 11, 2020  MSNBC

Rachel Maddow describes Attorney General William Barr’s pattern of removing the leadership of three key U.S. Attorneys’ Offices that have ongoing investigations related to Donald Trump, and replacing them with loyal footmen. Aired on 7/10/2020. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc MSNBC delivers breaking news, in-depth analysis of politics headlines, as well as commentary and informed perspectives. Find video clips and segments from The Rachel Maddow Show, Morning Joe, Meet the Press Daily, The Beat with Ari Melber, Deadline: White House with Nicolle Wallace, Hardball, All In, Last Word, 11th Hour, and more.

Air Conditioning suspected to play major role in coronavirus spread | Covid-19 Special

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After cooling systems and air conditioning were linked to a coronavirus outbreak at a German meat-processing plant, mayn people wonder about how safe air conditioning is. Does air conditioning help spread the coronavirus? Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/deutsche…

National Geographic: Pride Month reads and Bare to the elements

Pride Month reads: Tales and memoirs by James Baldwin, Lucy Jane Bledsoe, and Samantha Allen are part of our 10 LBGTQ reads on travel adventures, part of our Around the World in Books series. The stories, writes Gillian Kendall for Nat Geo, “share both what unites us and what makes us unique, whether on an American heartland road trip or a bus journey to the tip of the world.” Also on the list: Andrew Sean Greer’s Less, a Pulitzer-winning novel about an aging writer who is jilted by a younger lover—and who travels the world with one shiny blue suit. Above, a Pride flags hangs in Antwerp, Belgium, in June 2013.

Bare to the elements: This image was taken in the Glencoe area of the Scottish Highlands. Houses like these have been endlessly romanticized in paintings and photographs: a lone cabin, bare to the elements, with nothing but nature as far as the eye can see, says photographer Michael George. “When I first saw this structure, with the tiny forest built to block some of the wind, I pulled my car over and spent some time wondering. Who lives there? With the harsh weather this area is known for, how is the structure still standing? Where do they get their groceries? I have no answers to these questions, but I like to imagine there is a basement as big as the house tucked underneath with supplies to get through the winter, a fire going, and a shelf of books to read.”

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Vivid Photographs by Trung Huy Pham Capture Annual Water Lily Harvest in Vietnam

JUNE 26, 2020  GRACE EBERT

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Each year as the Mekong Delta floods, locals gather hordes of long-stemmed lilies from the water-covered rice fields. Photographer Trung Huy Pham recently captured the annual harvest in a vivid series taken in the Long An and An Giang provinces in Vietnam. He photographs the farmers wearing canonical hats as they collect the fast-growing flowers, which often are used as decoration and as additions to hot pots. The pink water lilies swirl in the water, forming an S-shape as their stems align.

Pham shares an incredibly diverse array of shots taken around Vietnam on Instagram.

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Friday on the NewsHour, the U.S. continues to set records of new coronavirus cases almost daily — with no end in sight. Plus: The Supreme Court’s decision on Oklahoma Native lands, Lebanon in crisis, battling surging COVID-19 in Texas, political analysis with David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart, the fate of the Freedmen’s Memorial, remembering COVID-19 victims and an essay on grief. Support your local PBS station here: https://pbs.org/donate WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS States return to containment measures as virus sets records https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSCon… News Wrap: Tropical Storm Fay drenches the Mid-Atlantic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0XaK… Supreme Court’s ‘landmark decision’ on tribal sovereignty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNUIX… Bankrupt Lebanon contends with pandemic’s rising threat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ii-T5… ‘Help us out’: Nurse begs Texans to wear face masks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnuKE… David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart on Biden’s economic plan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nf647… How 4 Black Americans see a Lincoln statue in different ways https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOvV8… Remembering 5 people lost to coronavirus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPb1o… When a cliche can grant comfort to the grieving https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFWvs… Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6 Follow us:

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Jul 9, 2020   PBS NewsHour

Thursday on the NewsHour, the Supreme Court announces two decisions regarding access to President Trump’s financial documents. Plus: Multiple U.S. states set single-day records for new cases of COVID-19, DHS restrictions on international students shock academic institutions, Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro on the USMCA trade deal and a nursing home that has remained free of coronavirus. Support your local PBS station here: https://pbs.org/donate WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS How Supreme Court ruled on cases related to Trump’s finances https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n79mm… Top U.S. health officials say states should pause reopening https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C5rF… News Wrap: House committee hears Geoffrey Berman testimony https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6owO… The ‘unwise’ policy of shutting out international students https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hivpX… Peter Navarro on USMCA and supporting a pandemic economy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW7s-… How this Maryland nursing home has remained free of COVID-19 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T9tNy… Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6

PBS NewsHour full episode, July 8, 2020

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Jul 8, 2020  PBS NewsHour

Wednesday on the NewsHour, the Trump administration steps up pressure on schools to resume in-person classes in the fall — despite an ongoing coronavirus surge. Plus: How COVID-19 is renewing the debate over American exceptionalism, struggles with U.S. coronavirus testing, Supreme Court rulings, the rush to mine lithium for batteries, two anti-racism scholars on race in America and inside China. Support your local PBS station here: https://pbs.org/donate WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS Trump presses schools to resume in-person classes this fall https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4qxc… News Wrap: Vindman retires, saying Trump blocked promotion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpkKV… What coronavirus shows about American exceptionalism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6f4kb… Why is the U.S. struggling to test everyone who needs it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auv_8… How this Supreme Court sees religious freedom  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSW82… The global rush to mine lithium, a battery essential https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=su_UC… How anti-racism is a treatment for the ‘cancer’ of racism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZ8Zu… Documentary pulls back the curtain on China’s rise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqRtF… Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6 Follow us:

PBS NewsHour full episode, July 7, 2020

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Jul 7, 2020  PBS NewsHour

Tuesday on the NewsHour, confirmed U.S. cases of coronavirus near 3 million, and hospitals in some hard-hit states are filled to capacity. Plus: How to handle school in the fall, where Paycheck Protection Program funds went, renters are increasingly being evicted due to nonpayment, behind the recent surge in U.S. gun violence and how the Mexican government has dealt with COVID-19. Support your local PBS station here: https://pbs.org/donate WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS More states see ICUs reach capacity as coronavirus spreads https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ursyc… News Wrap: U.S. notifies U.N. of intent to withdraw from WHO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRkM0… Schools face immense pressure as they grapple with reopening https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oU_Ar… New data illuminates details of PPP funding distribution https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCY6e… Why more renters are being evicted due to the pandemic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwL2Z… What’s causing surge in gun violence — and how to stop it https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKpYd… Amid pandemic, ‘desperate’ Mexicans turn to cartels for help https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfZOf… Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6

PBS NewsHour full episode, July 6, 2020

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Jul 6, 2020  PBS NewsHour

Monday on the NewsHour, the U.S. observes a muted holiday weekend as the novel coronavirus spreads with alarming speed across much of the country. Plus: The latest data on pandemic racial disparities, Latinx women struggle with job losses, the hurricane forecast, coronavirus in Hong Kong, Politics Monday, a return to London pubs and a Brief But Spectacular take on helping others during a pandemic. Support your local PBS station here: https://pbs.org/donate WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS A muted Fourth of July as virus shatters infection records https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdAHz… News Wrap: Judge halts Dakota Access Pipeline until review https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbX7E… Why Black, Latinx Americans are suffering more from COVID-19 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pc8Pn… ‘We need help,’ say Latina workers, hit hard by pandemic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMVOp… What the pandemic means for hurricane preparation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WF6jq… How densely populated Hong Kong has controlled coronavirus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1E5Md… Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Trump’s race rhetoric https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vsx1j… In Britain, fears that reopened pubs will drive virus spread https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIe23… From AIDS to COVID-19, turning pandemic grief into action https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfDOb… Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6

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Jul 10, 2020  Washington Week

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Biden unveils economic plan to spur American manufacturing

Jul 9, 2020  CNN

Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden unveiled the first major plank of his economic agenda Thursday, detailing a moderate proposal to use government purchasing to spur manufacturing in sectors such as clean energy, infrastructure and health care. The former vice president delivered a speech outside his childhood hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania, as he launched what his campaign is calling its “build back better” agenda, which Biden said would pump federal dollars into purchasing and research and development “in a way not seen since the Great Depression and World War II.” Other planks his campaign said will be detailed in the coming weeks include clean energy, the “caregiving economy,” such as child-care and domestic workers, and racial equity. “Throughout this crisis, Donald Trump has been almost singularly focused on the stock market — the Dow and the Nasdaq. Not you and not your families,” Biden said. “If I am fortunate enough to be your president, I’ll be laser-focused on working families, middle-class families like I came from here in Scranton, not the wealthy investor class. They don’t need me; working families do.” #Bidfen #CNN #News

‘Lying, Cheating Failure’: New Book By Trump’s Niece Casts Trump As Traumatized Narcissist | MSNBC

Jul 8, 2020  MSNBC

The new book by President Donald Trump’s niece Mary Trump paints the president as an emotionally damaged narcissist who’s cheated to get ahead, while being unable to “experience the entire spectrum of human emotion.” The president’s family sued to stop the book, titled ‘Too Much and Never Enough: How My Family Created the World’s Most Dangerous Man’, from being published, but it is scheduled for release on July 14. Aired on 7/7/2020. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc MSNBC delivers breaking news and in-depth analysis of the headlines, as well as informed perspectives. Find video clips and segments from The Rachel Maddow Show, Morning Joe, All In, Last Word, 11th Hour, and more.

Mary Trump’s book claims Trump paid someone to take his SATs

Jul 7, 2020  CNN

Donald Trump’s niece Mary Trump levels scathing criticism of the President in her forthcoming book, accusing him of “hubris and willful ignorance” dating back to his early days. CNN’s Brian Stelter reads excerpts from the book. #CNN #News

Trump Brags Doctors Were “Very Surprised” At His Secret Cognitive Test | MSNBC

Jul 10, 2020  MSNBC

President Trump now claiming he “aced” a cognitive test he took recently, leaving doctors “very surprised” by his results. But after losing the monumental battle over his tax returns at the Supreme Court, aides now claim Trump has cast himself as a “blameless victim” as he heads into the 2020 election amidst a surging pandemic and increasing racial unrest. As his campaign stumbles forward, a newly released poll shows Americans are largely unhappy with his response to these events. (This interview is from MSNBC’s “The Beat with Ari Melber, a news show covering politics, law and culture airing nightly at 6pm ET on MSNBC. http://www.thebeatwithari.com). Aired on 7/10/2020. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc

Swalwell: Congress’ Job Until Election Day Is To Be ‘Ankle Monitor’ On Trump Administration | MSNBC

Jul 10, 2020  MSNBC

Former Manhattan U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman outlined how he was pressured to resign by Attorney General William Barr in a closed House Judiciary Committee hearing. Chairman Nadler said, “We don’t know yet if the Attorney General’s conduct is criminal, but that kind of quid pro quo gets awfully close to bribery.” Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA), who was in the hearing, joins Lawrence O’Donnell to react. Aired on 7/09/2020. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc

New Report Shows Virus Surge Is Driven By States That Were Among First To Reopen | Deadline | MSNBC

Jul 10, 2020  MSNBC

A look into how states whose governors took Trump’s advice and reopened early are now seeing their case numbers skyrocket, as Trump mounts a new pressure campaign to reopen schools. Aired on 7/10/2020. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc MSNBC delivers breaking news, in-depth analysis of politics headlines, as well as commentary and informed perspectives. Find video clips and segments from The Rachel Maddow Show, Morning Joe, Meet the Press Daily, The Beat with Ari Melber, Deadline: White House with Nicolle Wallace, Hardball, All In, Last Word, 11th Hour, and more.

How incompetent is Donald Trump? Interview with John Bolton | Conflict Zone

Jul 9, 2020  DW News

John Bolton dicusses his time as national security adviser and his impressions of US President Donald Trump with DW Conflict Zone. Four months before the next US presidential election, Donald Trump’s poll numbers are in a slump. Disaffected conservatives call him incompetent and are campaigning against the Republican president, citing the upward curve of new coronavirus cases in the US, the millions of unemployed Americans, and the protests and racial tension in the wake of George Floyd’s killing. They echo Joe Biden, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, who says Trump’s leadership is inadequate. One of his three former national security advisors, John Bolton, joined DW’s Tim Sebastian to discuss his impressions of President Trump on Conflict Zone. He has just releases his book on the issue ‘The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir’ 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:10 Trump’s integrity 00:03:45 Obstruction of justice 00:05:30 Working for Trump 00:08:30 Corrupted government 00:09:25 Trump and dictators 00:10:15 Kim Jong un 00:12:15 Vladimir Putin 00:14:45 Russian bounties for the Taliban 00:17:30 Jamal Khasogghi 00:19:45 Iran nuclear deal 21:45 Ukraine and Impeachment More background and key quotes: https://p.dw.com/p/3eyIE The picture Bolton paints in his latest book, “The Room Where It Happened,” is filled with disturbing takes of the current US president: dubious offers to strongmen Trump admires and a president who does not even read, let alone study briefing materials on complex national security issues. Bolton characterizes White House infighting as part of Trump’s managerial style. “I think that Trump is very mistrustful of not only the bureaucracy as a whole, but even his own staff.” “He still hasn’t fully appreciated what it means to be president of the United States,” Bolton added. When asked about Trump’s admiration of dictators, Bolton demurred: “I’m not a shrink, I don’t psychoanalyze people.” But he did offer this: “Trump, in a sense, envied the Xi Jinpings and the Vladimir Putins. He liked talking to ‘big guys.’ You know, ‘big guys’ get together and they do ‘big guy’ things. I think it was that simplistic.” Does Trump fear the Russian president, Sebastian asked. “I don’t think he’s scared of him,” Bolton answered, and cautioned against exaggeration. “There’s plenty to criticize, but when people stretch beyond what they need to to make the criticism, it doesn’t strengthen the case against Trump; it weakens it. It emboldens many of his supporters to say we’re victims of a conspiracy.” Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/deutsche…

US Supreme Court rules on Trump’s tax returns: What now? | DW News

Jul 10, 2020  DW News

The US Supreme Court has blocked Congress from obtaining President Trump’s financial records – for now. But for federal prosecutors, the court has paved the way to see Trump’s tax returns. The rulings mean the public most probably will not see the President’s tax returns before the November presidential election. The Justices ruled that a New York prosecutor can subpoena the president’s tax returns. Manhattan’s district attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. called the decision, “a tremendous victory” for the US justice system. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/deutsche… For more news go to: http://www.dw.com/en/ Follow DW on social media: ?Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deutschewell… ?Twitter: https://twitter.com/dwnews ?Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dw_stories/ Für Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https://www.youtube.com/channel/deuts… #Trump #TrumpTaxReturns #Election2020

ICU Doctor: Top 10 Things I learned Treating Coronavirus Patients | COVID-19

Jul 2, 2020  Doctor Mike Hansen

ICU Doctor: Top 10 Things I learned Treating Coronavirus Patients | COVID-19 #coronavirus #covid19 #covid_19 Some intensive care units in various hospitals throughout this county have designated units for COVID-19 patients. As an intensive care doctor, I’ve been seeing a lot of COVID-19 patients in our designated Coronavirus ICU. It’s one thing to read about Coronavirus in the medical literature, but to be actually seeing real patients with this disease is another experience altogether. There are a lot of things I’ve learned, but for this video, I’ll focus on the top 10 that stand out to me. So, starting at the bottom with number 10, is, signs/symptoms. The most common symptoms that I’m seeing are fever, cough, shortness of breaths, and body/muscle aches. I haven’t seen many patients with the other symptoms we often hear about, such as loss of taste and smell, or nausea, and diarrhea. I have not seen any rashes related to Coronavirus, probably because I only see adult patients. I will say that even though confusion and delirium are very common in the ICU in general, there does seem to be more of that with Coronavirus. A lot of COVID-19 patients who require hospitalization have low levels of vitamin D. And this is consistent with what we are seeing in a lot of recent studies that have been coming out. But of course, correlation doesn’t necessarily mean causation, so does it just so happen that a lot of patients who have moderate or severe COVID, happen to have low vitamin D levels? Maybe, maybe not. And does that mean that we should give every hospitalized patient with Coronavirus big doses of vitamin D when they hit the door? Maybe. And does that mean people, in general, should supplement with vitamin D? And what is the ideal level of vitamin D for the population, especially when it comes to COVID-19? Should we be targeting the current general recommendation for everyone, irrespective of COVID-19, with a goal of 20 ng/ml? or should we aim for higher, like 30, or perhaps 40? No one knows for sure the answers to these questions. But there are studies being done on this. And as we speak there are 3 RCT for vitamin D and Coronavirus. This virus is VERY contagious. One of my patients was in the hospital for unrelated reasons. She actually had sepsis due to infarcted gut, meaning part of her intestine was not getting enough blood flow. It was severe enough to the point that some of the tissue in her intestine had died. When this happens, the bacteria that live in the intestine can then invade the walls of the intestine, and get into the bloodstream. This is bad news because these bacteria can then spread throughout the body, and this is known as sepsis. Besides antibiotics, this treated with surgery, where the dead gut tissue is removed, meaning part of the intestine is taken out. And this is what happened to her. And she got better. But after she initially got better, she started having more difficulty with her breathing. Her oxygen levels were dropping, despite us giving her more and more oxygen. So we got a CXR, and later a CT scan of the chest, which showed bilateral infiltrates, meaning areas of inflammation in both lungs. And this is the pattern we typically see with COVID-19 pneumonia, where it tends to go to the periphery of the lungs and also more so at the bottom of the lungs. Vitamin D3 (Cholecalciferol) and Vitamin D2 (Ergocalciferol) and Calcitriol Video Link: https://youtu.be/yf8uYzgMsEw Does Vitamin D help with Immunity? Video Link: https://youtu.be/W5aCePGyOgg Dr. Mike Hansen, MD Internal Medicine | Pulmonary Disease | Critical Care Medicine Website: https://doctormikehansen.com/ Instagram Account: http://instagram.com/doctor.hansen/ #coronavirus #covid19 #covid_19

Obama’s Speechwriters Break Down Trump’s 4th of July Speech | Pod Save America

Jul 6, 2020  Crooked Media

The President commemorates July 4th with a racist speech at Mt. Rushmore, the Biden and Trump campaigns focus on the pandemic response, and Senate Republicans weigh distancing themselves from Trump as they fall behind their Democratic challengers in the polls. Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett and Tommy Vietor break down Donald Trump’s focus on cancel culture and confederate statues as opposed to racism and Covid-19. Then, they discuss the contrast to Joe Biden, and how their messages play as coronavirus cases rise in the United States. Want to get involved in the 2020 election? Go to votesaveamerica.com Subscribe to our channel! https://www.youtube.com/crookedmedia?… Crooked believes that we need a better conversation about politics, culture, and the world around us—one that doesn’t just focus on what’s broken, but what we can do to fix it. At a time when it’s increasingly easy to feel cynical or hopeless, former Obama staffers Jon Favreau, Jon Lovett, and Tommy Vietor have created a place where people can have sane conversations that inform, entertain, and inspire action. In 2017 they started Crooked with Pod Save America—a no-bullshit conversation about politics. Since then, we continue to add shows, voices, and opportunities for activism, because it’s up to all of us to do our part to build a better world. That’s it. End of mission. Want some 2020 pep talks, the most important things to do/know, and the occasional dog pic? Shoot us a text at (323) 405-9944 Written content at http://www.crooked.com Follow Crooked on Twitter https://twitter.com/crookedmedia Follow Crooked on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CrookedMedia/ Follow Crooked on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/crookedmedia/

New Book Shows Depravity Of Trump Admin Family Separation Policy | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC

Jul 7, 2020  MSNBC

Rachel Maddow revisits the initial public awareness of the Trump administration’s most morally bankrupt policy, separating children from their parents at the Mexican border, and shares passages from the new book by MSNBC correspondent Jacob Soboroff, Separated: Inside an American tragedy. Aired on 7/06/2020. “» Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc MSNBC delivers breaking news, in-depth analysis of politics headlines, as well as commentary and informed perspectives. Find video clips and segments from The Rachel Maddow Show, Morning Joe, Meet the Press Daily, The Beat with Ari Melber, Deadline: White House with Nicolle Wallace, Hardball, All In, Last Word, 11th Hour, and more.

Paragon Of Corruption At Trump Interior Draws Eye Of Congress | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC

Jul 19, 2019  MSNBC

Rachel Maddow looks at the details known so far in how Donald Trump’s Interior Secretary David Bernhardt became involved in a land deal by a wealthy Republican Trump donor, and notes that it’s the kind of sketchy behavior that Trump hopes to distract from by tearing national unity asunder with racist political stunts. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc MSNBC delivers breaking news, in-depth analysis of politics headlines, as well as commentary and informed perspectives. Find video clips and segments from The Rachel Maddow Show, Morning Joe, Meet the Press Daily, The Beat with Ari Melber, Deadline: White House with Nicolle Wallace, Hardball, All In, Last Word, 11th Hour, and more.

Anderson Cooper: Trump wants us to suck it up as thousands die,

Jul 6, 2020  CNN

CNN’s Anderson Cooper says President Donald Trump’s claim that coronavirus is “99% harmless” is another example of the president never being in the fight against Covid-19 in the first place. #Trump #CNN #News

Cooper: Trump says US in a good place. His experts say otherwise

Jul 7, 2020  CNN

When asked about the current state of the US coronavirus response, President Donald Trump said that the US is “a good place” and will be in “very good shape” even while many states see record numbers of coronavirus cases. CNN’s Anderson Cooper explains why this isn’t true. #AC360 #Trump #CNN

Coronavirus IX: Evictions: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

Jun 29, 2020  LastWeekTonight

With evictions on the rise due to coronavirus, John Oliver discusses the long struggle with housing in the US, why it’s gotten worse in recent months, and how to prevent an impending crisis. Connect with Last Week Tonight online… Subscribe to the Last Week Tonight YouTube channel for more almost news as it almost happens: www.youtube.com/lastweektonight Find Last Week Tonight on Facebook like your mom would: www.facebook.com/lastweektonight Follow us on Twitter for news about jokes and jokes about news: www.twitter.com/lastweektonight Visit our official site for all that other stuff at once: www.hbo.com/lastweektonight

LARGEST OPEN OCEAN CLEAN-UP IN HISTORY

Jun 25, 2020  Ocean Voyages Institute – Project Kaisei

OCEAN VOYAGES INSTITUTE SETS RECORD WITH LARGEST OPEN OCEAN CLEAN-UP IN HISTORY Ocean Voyages Institute sets a new record after a 48 day expedition with the largest at sea clean-up to date, successfully removing 103 tons (206,000 lbs.) of fishing nets and consumer plastics from the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. Read the full story here: https://tinyurl.com/largestoceancleanup Support the mission at: https://www.oceanvoyagesinstitute.org…

Hawaiian Crew Goes On A 48-Day Expedition And Sets Record For Largest Haul Of Plastic Removed From The Great Pacific Garbage Patch

Andželika Jasevi?i?t?  BoredPanda staff

Plastic became globally mass-produced 65 years ago and since then, the amount of plastic we use has skyrocketed. So has plastic pollution. In 2015, 387 million tons of plastic were produced compared to 2 million manufactured in 1950. The staggering overconsumption of this material has a devastating effect on the environment with our oceans suffering the worst by far. It has been estimated that 8 million pieces of plastic pollution find their way into the ocean every day, which adds up to the 5.25 trillion pieces that are currently there.

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Recently, the Ocean Voyages Institute’s vessel came back after a 48-day expedition, successfully removing 103 tons (206,000 lbs.) of trash from the Pacific ocean

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Plastic waste results in the death of 100 million marine animals annually and it’s estimated that by 2050, it will greatly outnumber the fish in the ocean. Image credits: Ocean Voyages Institute

Without a doubt, we are losing our oceans, which are responsible for producing half of the world’s oxygen, to our excessive plastic consumption. Luckily, there are people who are trying to put a stop to this by cleaning the mess we all have caused, literally.

The crew has set a new record with the largest at sea clean-up in the Gyre to date

Image credits: Ocean Voyages Institute

On June 23, the Ocean Voyages Institute’s marine plastic recovery vessel came back from a heroic voyage. After a 48-day expedition, 103 tons (206,000 lbs) of fishing nets and consumer plastics were removed from the Great Pacific garbage patch, also known as the Gyre and Pacific trash vortex.

Image credits: Ocean Voyages Institute

To date, it’s the largest at-sea clean-up in the Great Pacific garbage patch. Image credits: Ocean Voyages Institute

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“I am so proud of our hard-working crew. We exceeded our goal of capturing 100 tons of toxic consumer plastics and derelict ‘ghost’ nets, and in these challenging times, we are continuing to help restore the health of our ocean, which influences our own health and the health of the planet,” said Mary Crowley, founder and executive director of Ocean Voyages Institute. Image credits: Ocean Voyages Institute Image credits: Ocean Voyages Institute

Thanks to Crowley’s effective methods to remove massive amounts of plastics from the ocean, the successful mission has removed 48 tons (96,000 lbs) during two ocean clean-ups in 2019. Image credits: Ocean Voyages Institute Image credits: Ocean Voyages Institute

However, even after setting a new record for plastic clean-up this year, the Pacific Gyre, which is located halfway between Hawaii and California, still remains the largest area with the most plastic. Image credits: Ocean Voyages Institute

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The huge amount of trash that has been recently collected by the Ocean Voyages Institute is currently being prepared for upcycling and proper disposal. Image credits: Ocean Voyages Institute Image credits: Ocean Voyages Institute

“In keeping with our commitment to environmental stewardship, Matson has been searching for a way to get involved in cleaning up the Pacific Gyre. We’ve been impressed with the groundbreaking efforts of Ocean Voyages Institute and the progress they’ve made with such a small organization, and we hope our support will help them continue this important work,” said Matt Cox, chairman and CEO. Go to the top

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USA TODAY: John Bolton on his new book “The Room Where it Happened” – FULL INTERVIEW

CNN: US setting records as Covid-19 cases soar, Trump disregards public health warnings for speech at Mt. Rushmore, Stelter: Trump’s Mt. Rushmore speech won’t make sense to most people, GOP governor: The numbers are glaring warning signs,

 MSNBC: Watch Rachel Maddow Highlights: July 1, ‘Trump Is A Threat To Our Nation’: Hundreds Of Ex-Staffers Under George W. Bush Endorse Biden, Speaker Pelosi: ‘The President Himself Is A Hoax’ | Stephanie Ruhle, Cal Perry On The Scene In South Dakota Prior To The Arrival Of President Trump | All In, Epidemiologist Marc Lipsitch on the Risks Americans Face with Reopening | All In, Elijah McClain’s ‘Greatest Crime Was Walking Home While Being Black’ | Stephanie Ruhle, and From Breonna Taylor To Elijah McClain, Rev. Al Sharpton Clues In On Cases Of Police Brutality

 The Young Turks: District Attorney: No Injuries To Elijah McClain

 DW News: Trump’s Mt. Rushmore 4th of July speech: Protesters want to ‘wipe out our history’

 Brian Tyler Cohen:  Top Trump official goes OFF THE DEEP END on national TV over COVID outbreak

 CBS News: Photos show officers reenacting chokehold on Elijah McClain

 ET Canada: Celebs React To ‘Justice For Elijah McClain’

 The Daily Show with Trevor Noah: Jordan Klepper vs. Trump Supporters

 The New York Times: Our Weekend Briefing, July 4, 2020 by Remy Tumin and David Scull

TED Talks: Katherine Eban A dose of realit about generic drugs and Rebecca Onie What if our health care system kept us healthy

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PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode July 5, 2020

Jul 5, 2020  PBS NewsHour

On this edition for Sunday, July 5, Fourth of July weekend sees a spike in COVID-19 cases, Jeff Greenfield on President Trump’s campaign strategy, opioid overdose is a hidden epidemic during the pandemic, and, ‘superspreaders:’ what they are and how they’re worsening the spread of COVID, according to scientists researching the disease. Hari Sreenivasan reports from Florida. Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6

PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode July 4, 2020

Jul 4, 2020  PBS NewsHour

On this edition for Saturday, July 4, Americans celebrate the holiday weekend amid a surge in COVID-19 cases and Black Lives Matter protests, criticism against Chicago police’s holiday weekend security plan, and an Israeli-Palestinian orchestra celebrates 20 years of intercultural harmony. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from Florida. Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6

PBS NewsHour full episode, July 3, 2020

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Jul 3, 2020  PBS NewsHour

Friday on the NewsHour, the U.S. tops 50,000 new coronavirus infections for the second consecutive day as the Fourth of July weekend approaches. Plus: Hong Kong reels from China’s free speech crackdown, advertisers pressure Facebook to further regulate its content, a potential new name for the Washington, D.C., football team, Brooks and Capehart, a COVID-19 children’s book and in memoriam. Support your local PBS station here: https://pbs.org/donate WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS News Wrap: Khashoggi trial in absentia begins in Istanbul https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjwAA… Cities struggle to keep residents compliant as virus surges https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2lUq… Why this pro-democracy Hong Kong activist fled his home https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6te5G… Will advertiser boycott force Facebook to change policy? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuS1e… A tipping point for Washington, D.C., football team’s name https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fe1U… David Brooks and Jonathan Capehart on coronavirus failures https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KQe9T… A book that teaches children ‘Why We Stay Home’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGBDL… In memory of 5 more U.S. victims of the coronavirus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqTol… Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6 Follow us:

PBS NewsHour full episode, July 2, 2020

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Jul 2, 2020  PBS NewsHour

Thursday on the NewsHour, the U.S. sees a record 50,000 new COVID-19 cases in a day as infections rise in 40 states. Plus: Nurturing the U.S. economy without fueling the pandemic, Hong Kong’s crackdown continues, President Trump’s rhetoric on race, a new twist in the Jeffrey Epstein sex abuse saga, a family textile business adapts to change and a Brief But Spectacular take on empowering community. Support your local PBS station here: https://pbs.org/donate WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS News Wrap: U.S. sees record 50,000 new virus cases in a day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNXJ7… Paul Romer on halting the pandemic to save the U.S. economy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tB6uW… What China’s Hong Kong crackdown says about Xi Jinping https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bTIH… Is Trump’s strategy of stoking racial tensions succeeding? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldUIj… How voters view Trump’s handling of racial unrest, COVID-19 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuc8M… Ghislaine Maxwell’s arrest yields new twist in Epstein saga https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj3Qu… How the pandemic is reshaping American manufacturing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCVm0… A Chicago electrical worker on empowering her community https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cA2kF… Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6

John Bolton on his new book “The Room Where it Happened” – FULL INTERVIEW | USA TODAY

Premiered Jun 26, 2020

USA TODAY

John Bolton, the former national security adviser to President Donald Trump, talks with USA TODAY’s Washington Bureau chief Susan Page about his new book, “The Room Where It Happened.” RELATED: Watch Trump’s campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma https://youtu.be/WcBTkokxAmc Bolton has gained national attention for his criticism of Donald Trump after spending nearly a year and half as the president’s top adviser on national security. Bolton continues his criticism and recounts for USA TODAY some instances in which he questioned Trump’s acumen, intelligence and dedication to issues of national security. Susan Page asks Bolton about the impeachment efforts led by House Democratic Party leadership, to which Bolton responds that he would have convicted Trump on Ukraine. But Bolton is not interested in supporting Joe Biden, or any other Democratic candidates in 2020. He plans to write-in a conservative of his own choosing. » Subscribe to USA TODAY: http://bit.ly/1xa3XAh » Watch more on this and other topics from USA TODAY: https://bit.ly/2VfvRjw » USA TODAY delivers current local and national news, sports, entertainment, finance, technology, and more through award-winning journalism, photos, videos and VR. #johnbolton #theroomwhereithappened #usatoday

#WashWeekPBS Full Episode: President Trump’s Declaration of Grievance

Jul 3, 2020  Washington Week

President Trump is speaking Friday night at Mount Rushmore, ahead of Independence Day.

The visit captures this president at this moment: turning to symbols from the past and rallying his base as his campaign faces mounting challenges. The panel also discussed reporting from multiple news organizations that Russia offered bounties to the Taliban to kill American and coalition troops in Afghanistan. Panel: Ayesha Rascoe of NPR, Weijia Jiang of CBS News, Peter Baker of The New York Times and Jonathan Swan of AXIOS

The #WashWeekPBS Bookshelf: “Team of Five: The Presidents Club in the Age of Trump”

Jul 3, 2020

Washington Week

On the Washington Week Extra, presidential historian Kate Andersen Brower discusses her newest book Team of Five: The President’s Club in the Age of Trump.

US setting records as Covid-19 cases soar

Jul 5, 2020  CNN

CNN’s Phil Mattingly looks into the latest numbers of the coronavirus pandemic as case counts continue to rise throughout the nation. #CNN #News

Watch Rachel Maddow Highlights: July 1 | MSNBC

Jul 2, 2020  MSNBC

Watch the top news stories and highlights from The Rachel Maddow Show, airing weeknights at 9 p.m. on MSNBC. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc MSNBC delivers breaking news and in-depth analysis of the headlines, as well as informed perspectives. Find video clips and segments from The Rachel Maddow Show, Morning Joe, All In, Last Word, 11th Hour, and more. Connect with MSNBC Online Visit msnbc.com: http://on.msnbc.com/Readmsnbc Subscribe to MSNBC Newsletter: MSNBC.com/NewslettersYouTube Find MSNBC on Facebook: http://on.msnbc.com/Likemsnbc Follow MSNBC on Twitter: http://on.msnbc.com/Followmsnbc Follow MSNBC on Instagram: http://on.msnbc.com/Instamsnbc Watch Rachel Maddow Highlights: July 1 | MSNBC

Trump disregards public health warnings for speech at Mt. Rushmore

Jul 3, 2020  CNN

President Donald Trump will soon speak at Mt. Rushmore where masks are optional, and the crowd will not be social distancing. #CNN #News

Why a ‘feverish’ Arctic will affect everyone on the globe

Jun 25, 2020  PBS NewsHour

A historic heat wave is occurring in the Arctic, already the fastest-warming place on Earth due to the increasing accumulation of greenhouse gases. Dr. Merritt Turetsky, director of the Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research at the University of Colorado Boulder, has studied the Arctic for decades. She joins William Brangham to discuss causes and consequences of the Arctic’s rising temperatures. Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6 Follow us:

Opioids, Inc. (full film) | FRONTLINE

Jun 18, 2020  FRONTLINE PBS | Official

Pushing opioids. Bribing doctors. Making millions. FRONTLINE and the Financial Times investigate how Insys Therapeutics profited from a fentanyl-based painkiller up to 100 times stronger than morphine — and how some Wall Street investors looked the other way. This journalism is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station here: http://www.pbs.org/donate “Opioids, Inc.” tells the inside story of how Insys profited from Subsys, a fast-acting fentanyl-based spray that’s been linked to hundreds of deaths. Tactics included targeting high-prescribing doctors and nurse practitioners known as “whales,” misleading insurers, and holding contests for the sales team: the higher the prescription doses they got doctors to write, the larger the cash prize — despite the dangers to patients. But as the documentary traces in unprecedented detail, the scheme fell apart: With federal prosecutors using anti-racketeering laws designed to fight organized crime, Insys became the first pharmaceutical company to have its CEOsentenced to prison timein federal courtin connection with the opioid crisis. #Opioids #OpioidCrisis #WallStreet Love FRONTLINE? Find us on the PBS Video App where there are more than 300 FRONTLINE documentaries available for you to watch any time: https://to.pbs.org/FLVideoApp

‘Trump Is A Threat To Our Nation’: Hundreds Of Ex-Staffers Under George W. Bush Endorse Biden

Jul 4, 2020  MSNBC

Kristopher Purcell, a member of 43 Alumni for Biden, explains why hundreds of Republican ex-staffers under George W. Bush are coming together to endorse Joe Biden and says, “Donald Trump is a threat to our nation.”» Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc MSNBC delivers breaking news, in-depth analysis of politics headlines, as well as commentary and informed perspectives. Find video clips and segments from The Rachel Maddow Show, Morning Joe, Meet the Press Daily, The Beat with Ari Melber, Deadline: White House with Nicolle Wallace, Hardball, All In, Last Word, 11th Hour, and more. Connect with MSNBC Online Visit msnbc.com: http://on.msnbc.com/Readmsnbc Subscribe to MSNBC Newsletter: http://http://MSNBC.com/NewslettersYo… Find MSNBC on Facebook: http://on.msnbc.com/Likemsnbc Follow MSNBC on Twitter: http://on.msnbc.com/Followmsnbc Follow MSNBC on Instagram: http://on.msnbc.com/Instamsnbc ‘Trump Is A Threat To Our Nation’: Hundreds Of Ex-Staffers Under George W. Bush Endorse Biden

Stelter: Trump’s Mt. Rushmore speech won’t make sense to most people

Jul 4, 2020  CNN

President Donald Trump used the backdrop of Mount Rushmore the night before the Fourth of July to deliver a speech to his base. CNN’s Brian Stelter examines the message of his speech. #CNN #News

GOP governor: The numbers are glaring warning signs

Jul 4, 2020  CNN

Experts are urging caution as Americans gather to celebrate the 4th of July. CNN’s Polo Sandoval reports. #CNN #News

Trump’s Mt. Rushmore 4th of July speech: Protesters want to ‘wipe out our history’

Jul 4, 2020  DW News

US President Donald Trump has kicked off Independence Day celebrations at an event in South Dakota. Fireworks lit up the sky over the Mount Rushmore monument which, in a controversial move, Trump chose as the venue for this year’s festivities. In a divisive speech, he criticized recent protests against racial injustice as “a merciless campaign to wipe out our history.” Trump made little reference to the coronavirus pandemic, though his speech came on a day the US saw another record rise in cases, with more than 57,000 new infections. Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/user/deutsche… For more news go to: http://www.dw.com/en/ Follow DW on social media: ?Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deutschewell… ?Twitter: https://twitter.com/dwnews ?Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dw_stories/ Für Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https://www.youtube.com/channel/deuts… #Coronavirus #Trump #MountRushmore

Cal Perry On The Scene In South Dakota Prior To The Arrival Of President Trump | All In | MSNBC

Jul 3, 2020  MSNBC

MSNBC Correspondent Cal Perry is on the ground in South Dakota amidst protests for President Trump’s visit to mark the Fourth of July. Aired on 7/3/2020. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc MSNBC delivers breaking news, in-depth analysis of politics headlines, as well as commentary and informed perspectives. Find video clips and segments from The Rachel Maddow Show, Morning Joe, Meet the Press Daily, The Beat with Ari Melber, Deadline: White House with Nicolle Wallace, Hardball, All In, Last Word, 11th Hour, and more. Connect with MSNBC Online Visit msnbc.com: http://on.msnbc.com/Readmsnbc Subscribe to MSNBC Newsletter: http://MSNBC.com/NewslettersYouTube

Epidemiologist Marc Lipsitch on the Risks Americans Face with Reopening | All In | MSNBC

Jul 3, 2020   MSNBC

As coronavirus cases continue to grow across the country, Harvard epidemiologist Marc Lipsitch discusses the risks of reopening and trajectory of the spread. Aired on 7/3/2020. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc MSNBC delivers breaking news, in-depth analysis of politics headlines, as well as commentary and informed perspectives. Find video clips and segments from The Rachel Maddow Show, Morning Joe, Meet the Press Daily, The Beat with Ari Melber, Deadline: White House with Nicolle Wallace, Hardball, All In, Last Word, 11th Hour, and more.

Top Trump official goes OFF THE DEEP END on national TV over COVID outbreak

Jul 3, 2020  Brian Tyler Cohen

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Photos show officers reenacting chokehold on Elijah McClain

Jul 3, 2020  CBS News

Several officers in Aurora, Colorado, have been fired over a photo that reenacted a chokehold their colleagues used on Elijah McClain, who died in police custody in 2019.

Celebs React To ‘Justice For Elijah McClain’

Jun 25, 2020  ET Canada

During “ET Canada Live”, Roz Weston, Graeme O’Neil and guest co-host Elamin Abdelmahmoud discuss the “Justice For Elijah McClain” call for action and the celeb reaction from Ellen DeGeneres and Klay Thompson. SUBSCRIBE to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/ETCanada…

Elijah McClain’s ‘Greatest Crime Was Walking Home While Being Black’ | Stephanie Ruhle | MSNBC

Jun 26, 2020  MSNBC

Colorado’s governor has appointed a special prosecutor to investigate the death of Elijah McClain- 10 months after he died after an interaction with police. His family’s attorney Mari Newman joins Stephanie Ruhle to discuss the latest. Aired on 06/26/2020. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc

District Attorney: No Injuries To Elijah McClain

Jun 26, 2020  The Young Turks

Colorado will investigate the death of Elijah McClain. Cenk Uygur and Ana Kasparian discuss on The Young Turks. Keep Hope (and TYT) Alive: http://tyt.com/go Read more here: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti… “The Colorado governor has reopened the investigation into the death of Elijah McClain, who died after being placed in a chokehold by cops and being sedated with ketamine. Governor Jared Polis announced Thursday he has ordered prosecutors to reopen the inquiry into the black unarmed 23-year-old’s death after being ‘moved’ by speaking to the victim’s mother. He said the state ‘owe[s] it to his family to take this step’ and warned that charges could be brought against the officers involved – after the Colorado District Attorney earlier defended his decision not to charge the cops.” Hosts: Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian Cast: Cenk Uygur, Ana Kasparian

From Breonna Taylor To Elijah McClain, Rev. Al Sharpton Clues In On Cases Of Police Brutality

Jun 28, 2020  MSNBC

In this moment of protest, Rev. Al Sharpton gives an update on the individual cases that have sparked the new civil rights movement. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc About: MSNBC is the premiere destination for in-depth analysis of daily headlines, insightful political commentary and informed perspectives. Reaching more than 95 million households worldwide, MSNBC offers a full schedule of live news coverage, political opinions and award-winning documentary programming — 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Jordan Klepper vs. Trump Supporters | The Daily Show

Jul 4, 2020  The Daily Show with Trevor Noah

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The New York Times <nytdirect@nytimes.com> Our Weekend Briefing,

July 4, 2020
By Remy Tumin and David Scull

 
Good morning, and happy Independence Day.
We tend to pause at the end of December to recognize and reflect on the year’s most memorable moments. But six months into 2020, it feels as if we’ve already lived decades. And we still have a presidential election to get through.
The first three months of the year seem a distant memory, or as your Weekend Briefing writer likes to refer to it, “a time ago.” Here’s a recap of 2020 so far with some help from Times reporters and editors.
Abedin Taherkenareh/EPA, via Shutterstock
1. We started 2020 nearly going to war with Iran. Perhaps we should have taken that as a hint of the tumultuous year ahead.
Iran’s top security and intelligence commander was killed on Jan. 2 in a drone strike at Baghdad International Airport that President Trump authorized. Maj. Gen. Qassim Suleimani was the architect of nearly every significant operation by Iranian intelligence and military forces over the past two decades, claiming the lives of hundreds of Americans in Iraq.
General Suleimani’s killing propelled the U.S. to the precipice of war with Iran and plunged the world into seven days of roiling uncertainty. Online searches for “will there be a draft?” soared.
Earlier this week, Iran issued an arrest warrant for Mr. Trump and 35 others it says were involved in the general’s killing. Interpol, an international police organization, said it would not step in. — Remy
Doug Mills/The New York Times
2. Less than a week into the new year, John Bolton announced that he would be willing to testify in the Senate impeachment trial of President Trump.
It was a tantalizing prospect. Mr. Bolton, the former national security adviser, above in 2019, was privy to the inner workings of the White House. He was said to be deeply troubled by Mr. Trump’s efforts to pressure Ukraine, and had even written a memoir that, when it was finally released months later, divulged, as promised, much of the inside story.
The possibility of his testimony — and of an outcome that wasn’t a party-line acquittal — hung over the trial for weeks. But Republicans, who had endured countless hours of damaging testimony during the House investigation, had no interest in changing the rules of the trial to allow new witnesses.
The Senate voted against hearing from Mr. Bolton, and days later voted to acquit Mr. Trump. — Tom Wright-Piersanti, Briefings editor
Jordan Gale for The New York Times
3. From the beginning, it was always Joe Biden.
Sure, his chances of winning the Democratic presidential nomination looked shaky after devastating early defeats in Iowa, New Hampshire and Nevada. But his staunch support among Black voters powered a comeback in South Carolina. The one-two-three punch of support from Pete Buttigieg, Amy Klobuchar and Beto O’Rourke led to blowout victories on Super Tuesday, effectively spelling the beginning of the end of the competition.
Still, a primary field more than two dozen strong was nothing if not historic. The most women ever to run for president. The biggest age gap. The most racially diverse field. The first openly gay major presidential candidate.
But after three years of President Trump, Democratic voters proved themselves to be tired of the unprecedented. In 2020, the pragmatic outweighed the possible. — Lisa Lerer, political reporter
Tolga Akmen/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
4. It was the breakup heard around the world.
Prince Harry and Meghan delivered a jarring blow to Britain’s royal family when they announced on Jan. 8 that they would “step back” from their official duties. It was an extraordinary retreat by the couple, who had grown increasingly isolated within the House of Windsor since their wedding in 2018.
The couple did not originally have the queen’s approval for their plan to become part-time royals, and went rogue to get ahead of a leak. A deal with Buckingham Palace, which included giving up their royal titles, became official on March 31. Above, their last royal appearance.
They now live in Los Angeles with their son, Archie. — Remy
Jenna Schoenefeld for The New York Times
5. Kobe Bryant’s death in a helicopter crash plunged the N.B.A. — and seemingly much of the world — into a state of mourning that persists among the many fans and fellow athletes who idolized him.
The former Los Angeles Lakers star, 41, and his 13-year-old daughter, Gianna, were among nine people who died in the Jan. 26 accident, which occurred in foggy conditions on a hillside outside of Los Angeles.
Public memorials sprang up overnight, including one in the plaza outside Staples Center, the arena where Bryant had crafted so many singular moments for the Lakers over the course of his 20-year career. — Scott Cacciola, N.B.A. reporter
Brittainy Newman/The New York Times
6. A landmark #MeToo victory.
On March 11, Harvey Weinstein, the glorified producer who for years dominated Hollywood, was sentenced to 23 years in prison for sex crimes, effectively putting the 67-year-old behind bars for the rest of his life.
His sentencing capped a sharp downfall for the once-powerful media mogul that started in October 2017 when several women openly accused him of sexual assault and harassment, and fundamentally altered the perception of sex crimes and power dynamics. — Alisha Haridasani Gupta, gender reporter
Victor Moriyama for The New York Times
7. It first appeared in The Times on Jan. 6 as a “mysterious, pneumonialike illness” that had sickened a few dozen people in Wuhan, China.
Days later, Chinese researchers identified the source as a coronavirus. Two weeks later, the virus was on the front page of The Times as China scrambled to contain the contagion.
Then, time seemed to accelerate. Once-in-a-generation events began erupting one after the next.
Professional sports leagues around the world suspended seasons. Stocks plunged and a bear market emerged after 11 years in bull territory. The World Health Organization declared the virus a global pandemic. President Trump cut off travel from Europe.
And that was just March 11.
More than 10.9 million people have been sickened worldwide and more than half a million have died. Above, gravediggers in São Paulo, Brazil. In the U.S., the country hit hardest by the virus, a surge in new cases shows that the outbreak is spiraling out of control. And from what we can tell, the virus will most likely be with us for some time. — Jonathan Wolfe, Briefings writer
The New York Times
8. A pandemic does strange things to the economy.
The sharp, sudden drop in activity has produced one of the deepest recessions in history, and also perhaps the shortest. Indeed, it may already be over: The upswing in May and June, measured against the depths of March and April, make a range of economic indicators look as if they are soaring.
But compared with a year earlier, those same numbers reveal an economy that remains deep in a hole, with millions of jobs destroyed and billions in sales lost. The damage done will take a long time to repair, and reopenings that have been paused or rolled back may make things worse. — Jason Karaian, DealBook editor
9. Everything from work to theater moved online.
Sex work and sex content make an intriguing leading indicator about where both work and entertainment consumption are going.
This year we saw that our unhappy surprise always-at-home culture made opportunities of all kinds, for the kind of professional streaming sex performers pictured above, amateur dancers and entrepreneurs alike.
That will trickle down! Contributing strongly to that? More and more time spent online, the vast majority of that in apps. If you’re not watching TikTok and Instagram and listening to podcasts in the ways that we used to watch CBS and read Condé Nast magazines, the world is leaving you behind, sir or madam! (Fair, that may be a good choice.) — Choire Sicha, Styles editor
Diana Zeyneb Alhindawi for The New York Times
10. Which brings us to the current national unrest.
On Memorial Day, a graphic video captured the police killing of a Black man suspected of using a counterfeit $20 bill. What followed may be the largest movement in U.S. history.
George Floyd died after a white officer knelt on Mr. Floyd’s neck for more than eight minutes, ignoring his pleas of “I can’t breathe.” The phrase has been a part of scores of deaths in police custody, but this time, national outrage crested over the use of deadly police restraints and the treatment of African-Americans, sparking a deep examination of the country’s racist past and present.
It manifested in Black Lives Matter protests around the world, including the one above in New York City, with chants of Mr. Floyd’s name along with Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Rayshard Brooks and more; in corporate companies confronting enduring forms of racial discrimination; in the removal of statues and Confederate flags; and in police reform.
“A truly great country does not ignore or excuse its sins. It confronts them and then works to make them right,” Nikole Hannah-Jones wrote in The Times Magazine in her case for reparations. “If we are to be redeemed, if we are to live up to the magnificent ideals upon which we were founded, we must do what is just.”
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Investigative journalist Katherine Eban set out to report on a seemingly straightforward question: Are generic drugs really identical to their brand-name counterparts? The answer sparked a decade of interviews, meetings with whistleblowers, on-the-ground reporting across four continents and digging into confidential FDA documents. In this alarming talk, she takes us inside overseas manufacturing plants and exposes the fraud behind many low-cost generic medicines.

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Katherine Eban · Investigative journalist

Katherine Eban’s articles on pharmaceutical counterfeiting, gun trafficking and coercive interrogations by the CIA have won international attention.

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Rebecca Onie asks audacious questions: What if waiting rooms were a place to improve daily health care? What if doctors could prescribe food, housing and heat in the winter? At TEDMED she describes Health Leads, an organization that does just that — and does it by building a volunteer base as elite and dedicated as a college sports team.

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Rebecca Onie is a nationally recognized leader in the intersection of social determinants, population health and health care delivery

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_(United_States)

The History of America’s Independence Day and Name Your Favorite Firework!

 Photo of the “original Rough draught” of the Declaration of Independence courtesy of the Library of Congress.

“Taxation without representation!” was the battle cry in America’s 13 Colonies, which were forced to pay taxes to England’s King George III despite having no representation in the British Parliament. As dissatisfaction grew, British troops were sent in to quell the early movement toward rebellion. Repeated attempts by the Colonists to resolve the crisis without military conflict proved fruitless.

On June 11, 1776, the Colonies’ Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia and formed a committee whose express purpose was drafting a document that would formally sever their ties with Great Britain. The committee included Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Livingston. Jefferson, who was considered the strongest and most eloquent writer, crafted the original draft document (as seen above). A total of 86 changes were made to his draft and the Continental Congress officially adopted the final version on July 4, 1776.

The following day, copies of the Declaration of Independence were distributed, and on July 6, The Pennsylvania Evening Post became the first newspaper to print the extraordinary document. The Declaration of Independence has since become our nation’s most cherished symbol of liberty.

Bonfires and Illuminations

On July 8, 1776, the first public readings of the Declaration were held in Philadelphia’s Independence Square to the ringing of bells and band music. One year later, on July 4, 1777, Philadelphia marked Independence Day by adjourning Congress and celebrating with bonfires, bells and fireworks.

The custom eventually spread to other towns, both large and small, where the day was marked with processions, oratory, picnics, contests, games, military displays and fireworks. Observations throughout the nation became even more common at the end of the War of 1812 with Great Britain.

In June of 1826, Thomas Jefferson sent a letter to Roger C. Weightman, declining an invitation to come to Washington, D.C. to help celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. It was the last letter that Jefferson, who was gravely ill, ever wrote. In it, Jefferson says of the document:

“May it be to the world, what I believe it will be … the signal of arousing men to burst the chains … and to assume the blessings and security of self-government. That form, which we have substituted, restores the free right to the unbounded exercise of reason and freedom of opinion. All eyes are opened, or opening, to the rights of man. …For ourselves, let the annual return of this day forever refresh our recollections of these rights, and an undiminished devotion to them.”

– Thomas Jefferson
June 24, 1826 Monticello

Congress established Independence Day as a holiday in 1870, and in 1938 Congress reaffirmed it as a paid holiday for federal employees. Today, communities across the nation mark this major midsummer holiday with parades, firework displays, picnics and performances of “The Star-Spangled Banner” and marches by John Philip Sousa.

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Name Your Favorite Firework!

Each year A Capitol Fourth strives to bring you the best fireworks display of any July Fourth celebration. But, did you know there are more than a dozen different types of aerial fireworks? Here are 10 examples of the pyrotechnics that you might see at this year’s celebration.

Independence Day celebrations on The Mall in Washington on July 4, 2008.

Peony

The most common type of firework, the peony shell is characterized by a spherical break of colored stars that burn without generating a trail of sparks, or tail effect.

Independence Day celebrations on The Mall in Washington on July 4, 2008.

Chrysanthemum

Similar to a peony, a chrysanthemum has a spherical break of colored stars, though its stars leave behind a trail of sparks.

Independence Day celebrations on The Mall in Washington on July 4, 2008.

Willow

The willow resembles a chrysanthemum, but with long burning silver or gold stars that produce a soft, dome-shaped weeping willow-like effect.

Diadem

As a type of peony or chrysanthemum, a diadem has a cluster of stationary stars at its center.

Palm

This shell contains a few large comet stars, which in bursting create large tendrils that give it the appearance of a palm tree.

Independence Day celebrations on The Mall in Washington on July 4, 2008.

Crossette

A crossette produces stars that each break apart into four smaller stars, creating a crisscross effect.

Horsetail

The horsetail shell is identifiable by its break, which resembles a short tail.

Independence Day celebrations on The Mall in Washington on July 4, 2008.

Ring

A ring shell emits stars in a halo-like shape. Smiley faces, stars and other such identifiable shapes are common variants.

Roman Candle

A Roman candle is a long cylinder that can discharge either a single large star or a series of them between short intervals.

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Cake

With a fuse that sets off a variety of effects in succession, a cake is essentially many Roman candles fused together. Cakes vary widely in size, though some can contain over 1,000 shots.

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 PBS News: June26 – July 1, 2020, #WashWeekPBS Full Episode: Coronavirus infections spike and President Trump’s polls sink Washington Week,  #WashWeekPBS Extra: DOJ Official alleges political interference in the case of Roger Stone, and A career CIA officer on Russian bounty

 CNN: Hear why Roberts sided with liberals on Supreme Court abortion ruling, Russia offered cash rewards to Taliban fighters to kill US troops in Afghanistan, and See Anderson Cooper’s reaction to Mike Pence using the ‘m-word’

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Jul 1, 2020  PBS NewsHour

Wednesday on the NewsHour, cases of coronavirus continue to rise in many U.S. states, but the majority are still moving forward with plans to reopen. Plus: Russian President Vladimir Putin secures additional years in power, will students go back to school in the fall, crackdown in Hong Kong, Rep. Pramila Jayapal on political change, COVID-19 treatments, closing the racial divide and Now Read This. Support your local PBS station here: https://pbs.org/donate Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6

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Jun 30, 2020  PBS NewsHour

Tuesday on the NewsHour, U.S. health officials sound new alarm as coronavirus cases surge in several states. Plus: Speaker Nancy Pelosi on congressional pandemic relief, a public health expert on Arizona’s outbreak, remembering Carl Reiner, reports of Russian bounty payments to the Taliban, a challenge to build cheaper ventilators, Israeli’s annexation plan and palliative care in a pandemic. Support your local PBS station here: https://pbs.org/donate WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS In states with virus surge, reopening plans put on hold https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLksT… Pelosi blames McConnell for holding up more pandemic relief https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwE_7… How local behavior drove Arizona into a coronavirus crisis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcg8W… News Wrap: Controversial Hong Kong security bill becomes law https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztofS… Remembering Carl Reiner, beloved comedy actor and director https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xMs6… CIA veteran on Russia bounty intel — and potential leaks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kotip… Scuba gear, coffee makers inspire design of new ventilators https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsFb2… What’s at stake with Israel’s West Bank annexation plan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3DGsu… A Brief But Spectacular take on compassion during COVID-19 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49P7D… Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6

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Jun 29, 2020  PBS NewsHour

Monday on the NewsHour, lawmakers react to reports Russia offered the Taliban bounties to kill U.S. troops in Afghanistan. Plus: The coronavirus continues to surge as infections rise in over 30 states, the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down a restrictive Louisiana abortion law, the British ambassador to the U.S., Politics Monday and a long road to the Olympics for athletes from South Sudan. Support your local PBS station here: https://pbs.org/donate WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS News Wrap: Golden State Killer will serve life in prison https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWQAX… Schiff on reports of Russian bounties on U.S. troops https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Puxo… Thornberry on U.S. response to Russian troop bounty intel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ssIX… Frieden on alarming spread of coronavirus in 30 U.S. states https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVpUI… What SCOTUS decision on La. law means for abortion rights https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g8Cco… UK ambassador on Russian ‘malign activity’ in Afghanistan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkRpX… Tamara Keith and Errin Haines on Trump’s race ‘playbook’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vr8eu… Japan helps 5 South Sudanese runners preserve Olympic dreams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24t7S… Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6

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Jun 28, 2020  PBS NewsHour

On this edition for Sunday, June 28, the number of coronavirus cases worldwide crosses ten million with the U.S. leading with over 2.5 million cases. Also, the race to change names and overhaul brands amid a historic reckoning over racism and how Samoa island is finding alternatives to plastic. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from Florida. Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6

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Jun 26, 2020  Washington Week

The coronavirus pandemic is spreading rapidly in many states, with more than 40,000 new cases on Thursday alone, and spikes in Florida, Texas, and California. This week the panel discussed how some Republicans may break with President Donald Trump on how to safely reopen the country. They also discussed how police reform efforts following the death of George Floyd have has stalled on Capitol Hill. Panel: Abby Phillip, Political Correspondent for CNN Kasie Hunt, Capitol Hill Correspondent for NBC News, Host of “Kasie DC” on MSNBC Dan Balz, Chief Correspondent for The Washington Post Jonathan Lemire, White House Reporter for the Associated Press

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Jun 27, 2020  MSNBC

Rachel Maddow reviews the details of a New York Times report that U.S. intelligence told Donald Trump in March that Russia was paying bounties to Taliban fighters to kill coalition troops, including U.S. troops. Trump has yet to respond and instead has advocated for Russia’s return to the G8. Aired on 6/26/2020. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc MSNBC delivers breaking news, in-depth analysis of politics headlines, as well as commentary and informed perspectives. Find video clips and segments from The Rachel Maddow Show, Morning Joe, Meet the Press Daily, The Beat with Ari Melber, Deadline: White House with Nicolle Wallace, Hardball, All In, Last Word, 11th Hour, and more. Connect with MSNBC Online Visit msnbc.com: http://on.msnbc.com/Readmsnbc Subscribe to MSNBC Newsletter: http://MSNBC.com/NewslettersYouTube Find MSNBC on Facebook: http://on.msnbc.com/Likemsnbc Follow MSNBC on Twitter: http://on.msnbc.com/Followmsnbc Follow MSNBC on Instagram: http://on.msnbc.com/Instamsnbc Russia Paid Bounties To Kill US Troops, US Intel Says; Trump Mum: NYT | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC

NYT Reports Putin Put Bounty on US Troops. Trump’s Silence is Deafening

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The New York Times reported that Russian President Putin offered to pay Afghan militants to kill US soldiers. Trump reportedly was briefed about this months ago yet has said and apparently done nothing about it. Trump’s disturbingly cozy and subservient relationship with Putin is a danger to our country, our military men and women and all of our citizens.

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Jun 27, 2020  MSNBC

MSNBC’s Ali Velshi says the president’s “nonsense talking points” are no match for the coronavirus pandemic’s deadly reality. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc MSNBC delivers breaking news, in-depth analysis of politics headlines, as well as commentary and informed perspectives. Find video clips and segments from The Rachel Maddow Show, Morning Joe, Meet the Press Daily, The Beat with Ari Melber, Deadline: White House with Nicolle Wallace, All In, Last Word, 11th Hour, and more.

Russia offered cash rewards to Taliban fighters to kill US troops in Afghanistan

Jun 28, 2020  CNN

Russian intelligence officers for the military intelligence GRU recently offered money to Taliban militants in Afghanistan as rewards if they killed US or UK troops there, a European intelligence official told CNN.

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Jun 30, 2020  MSNBC

Former National Security Council member General Barry McCaffrey and former special presidential envoy for the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS Brett McGurk on why they believe the national security process is broken amid reports the U.S. had intelligence that Russia offered and paid the Taliban bounty to kill U.S. troops. Aired on 6/30/2020. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc

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Watch the top news stories and highlights from The Rachel Maddow Show, airing weeknights at 9 p.m. on MSNBC. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc MSNBC delivers breaking news and in-depth analysis of the headlines, as well as informed perspectives. Find video clips and segments from The Rachel Maddow Show, Morning Joe, All In, Last Word, 11th Hour, and more. Connect with MSNBC Online Visit msnbc.com: http://on.msnbc.com/Readmsnbc Subscribe to MSNBC Newsletter: MSNBC.com/NewslettersYouTube Find MSNBC on Facebook: http://on.msnbc.com/Likemsnbc Follow MSNBC on Twitter: http://on.msnbc.com/Followmsnbc Follow MSNBC on Instagram: http://on.msnbc.com/Instamsnbc Watch Rachel Maddow Highlights: June 29 | MSNBC

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Get the latest news and commentary from Chris Hayes weekdays at 8 p.m. ET on MSNBC. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc MSNBC delivers breaking news and in-depth analysis of the headlines, as well as informed perspectives. Find video clips and segments from The Rachel Maddow Show, Morning Joe, All In, Last Word, 11th Hour, and more.

‘New Low’: Army Veteran Hits Trump Over Russian Plot Against Troops | MSNBC

Jun 30, 2020  MSNBC

The Trump White House is under fire for its response to Russia paying bounties to kill U.S. troops. Veteran Paul Rieckhoff tells MSNBC’S Ari Melber Trump must be “dragged in front of the American people” to face accountability. (This interview is from MSNBC’s “The Beat with Ari Melber, a news show covering politics, law and culture airing nightly at 6pm ET on MSNBC. http://www.thebeatwithari.com). Aired on 6/30/2020. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc

‘New Low’: Army Veteran Hits Trump Over Russian Plot Against Troops Mask | MSNBC

Jun 30, 2020  MSNBC

A new spike in the coronavirus is impacting public health in the U.S. — and Donald Trump’s campaign. Trump allies are now pleading with Trump to follow his own CDC guidelines, including wearing a mask, a point MSNBC’s Ari Melber explores with Compton Mayor Aja Brown and ER Dr. Megan Ranney. (This interview is from MSNBC’s “The Beat with Ari Melber, a news show covering politics, law and culture airing nightly at 6pm ET on MSNBC. http://www.thebeatwithari.com). Aired on 6/30/2020. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc

A career CIA officer on Russian bounty

Jun 30, 2020  PBS NewsHour

The NewsHour has reported that Russian military intelligence provided financial incentives to the Taliban to kill U.S. troops in Afghanistan — and that this intelligence was always briefed up to senior U.S. government officials. But the White House say President Trump was unaware of the possible Russian bounty payments. Nick Schifrin talks to Douglas London, who had a 34-year career in the CIA. Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6

Congressional Briefings On Russian Bounties Raise New Questions For Trump Administration | MSNBC

Jun 30, 2020  MSNBC

Brett McGurk, Jeremy Bash, and Peter Baker join Andrea Mitchell to discuss the latest reporting on what the Trump administration knew and when about Russia’s attempt to pay the Taliban to target U.S. troops in Afghanistan, after Congressional Democrats and Republicans receive separate briefings on the subject. Aired on 06/30/2020. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc

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Jun 30, 2020  NBC News

California, Arizona reverse reopening plans, Fauci warns U.S. coronavirus cases could increase to 100,000 a day, and in-depth look at the lack of diversity in mental health professionals. Watch “NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt” at 6:30 p.m. ET / 5:30 p.m. CT (or check your local listings). » Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC » Watch more NBC video: http://bit.ly/MoreNBCNews

Ex-FBI deputy director: Here’s what briefing Trump is like

Jul 1, 2020  CNN

Former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe recounts his experience briefing President Donald Trump after the White House defended Trump from accusations that he does not read his briefings. #CNN #News

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Jun 30, 2020
By David Leonhardt
Good morning. Trump was briefed on the Russian bounty program months ago. The coronavirus is hitting California hard. And the Supreme Court rules against both abortion restrictions and financial regulation.
How to make sense of the Roberts court
Anti-abortion activists in front of the Supreme Court on Monday.Alex Wong/Getty Images
For anyone trying to make sense of the Supreme Court run by Chief Justice John Roberts, yesterday’s two big decisions were helpful.
In the more prominent one, Roberts joined the court’s four liberal justices to strike down a restrictive Louisiana abortion law. It was the third major decision this month in which Roberts sided with the liberals, having already done so on L.G.B.T.Q. rights and immigration.
The cases have been reminders that the Roberts court is not reliably conservative on every issue, even though Republican presidents appointed five of the nine justices, including Roberts. Over the years, the court has also established a constitutional right to same-sex marriage (with Anthony Kennedy, now retired, as the swing vote); declined to outlaw affirmative action; upheld most parts of Obamacare; and more. These decisions have left many conservatives feeling betrayed.
Yet there is at least one big area in which the Roberts court has continued to lean strongly right: business regulation.
With rare exceptions, the justices have restricted the government’s ability to regulate corporate America. And there was another example yesterday, when the court gave Trump more authority to neutralize the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, an Obama administration creation. The decision was 5 to 4, with the five Republican-appointed justices all on one side and the Democratic appointees on the other.
Similar decisions in the past have overturned campaign-finance law, blocked action on climate change, restricted labor-union activities, reduced workers’ ability to sue their employers and more. As The Times’s Adam Liptak has written, the Roberts court’s rulings have been “far friendlier to business than those of any court since at least World War II.”
These decisions have been part of a larger trend, too. Government policy over the past half-century has generally given more power to corporate executives and less power to their workers. That’s one reason incomes for the affluent have risen so much faster than they have for any other income group.
Whatever you think of the Roberts court, I’d encourage you not to treat it with one broad brush. On some major social issues, it has been moderate or even liberal. On economic issues, the story is very different. Yesterday’s two decisions captured the contrast.
More on the history: “For the past half-century, the court has been drawing up plans for a more economically unequal nation, and that is the America that is now being built,” the journalist Adam Cohen writes in his recent book, “Supreme Inequality.”
More from The Times: Adam Liptak writes about Roberts: “15 years into his tenure, he now wields a level of influence that has caused experts to hunt for historical comparisons.” And Sabrina Tavernise and Elizabeth Dias explain that the abortion ruling doesn’t necessarily mean Roberts will ultimately uphold Roe v. Wade.
FOUR MORE BIG STORIES
1. Trump was briefed on Russian bounties
The Times has reported that U.S. officials briefed President Trump in February about Russia’s payment of bounties to Taliban-linked militants to kill U.S. troops in Afghanistan. Trump and other administration officials have claimed otherwise in recent days.
The intelligence was included in Trump’s President’s Daily Brief document — a compilation of the latest secrets and best insights about foreign policy and national security. The information was also disseminated more broadly across the intelligence community in an article in the C.I.A.’s World Intelligence Review.
2. Trouble in California
Coronavirus rates are rising in every Western state, including deep-blue California, Oregon and Washington. The pattern shows that the spread of the virus isn’t a reflection only of the partisan divides over whether to wear masks and listen to Trump’s advice.
Much of the Western U.S. appears to have grown complacent about the virus, after having avoided bad outbreaks earlier this year. “Unlike people in the Northeast, many Californians did not have a sense of urgency or immediacy toward the virus because infection rates had been so low for months,” The Times reports, in a close look at the state.
By The New York Times
In other virus developments:
3. China cracks down on Hong Kong
China passed a national security law today that will empower the government in Beijing to crack down on dissent from Hong Kong. Activists expect China to use the law to stifle pro-democracy protests like the ones that have filled Hong Kong’s streets over the last year.
Yesterday, in anticipation of the law, the U.S. placed new restrictions on exports of defense equipment and some high-tech products to Hong Kong.
A nuclear concern: The Trump administration is describing China’s small but growing nuclear arsenal as an imposing threat and hopes to bring Beijing into an arms treaty between the U.S. and Russia.
4. When work-from-home failed
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Who needs offices? Employers like Facebook are becoming excited about the long-term prospect of remote working, mostly because of the money it saves. But decades of setbacks suggest a bumpy road ahead. In the past, IBM, Best Buy and other companies scrapped work-from-home experiments after finding that telecommuting diminished accountability and creativity.
But maybe this time really is different, because of the combination of a major health crisis and better technologies like Zoom. Some retailers, expecting that work from home is here to stay, are revamping their offerings to concentrate on a new kind of workplace clothing: the Zoom Shirt.
Here’s what else is happening
  • The South Pole is one of the most rapidly warming places on the planet, with temperatures rising three times faster than the global average since the 1990s.
  • More online platforms are taking action against Trump and his associates: Reddit yesterday banned a major pro-Trump forum, “The_Donald,” and the streaming site Twitch suspended the president’s account for “hateful conduct.”
  • Expect political news today, including a Democratic Senate primary in Colorado and the results of the close Democratic Senate primary in Kentucky, between Amy McGrath and Charles Booker.
  • Joseph James DeAngelo, whose California crime spree in the 1970s and ’80s earned him the nickname the Golden State Killer, pleaded guilty yesterday to 13 counts of first-degree murder.
  • Lives Lived: As the wife of an ambassador and White House chief of protocol, the Dow Chemical heiress Ruth Buchanan entertained world leaders and dazzled American society at her opulent mansions in Washington and Newport, R.I. She has died at 101.
IDEA OF THE DAY: A LOW-IMPACT INQUIRY
Robert Mueller’s two-year Russia investigation uncovered a lot of incriminating material. It found eager attempts by Trump campaign officials to collaborate with Vladimir Putin’s government, as well as multiple efforts by Trump to interfere in investigations of himself and his allies.
Yet Mueller’s work had virtually no impact. It changed few Americans’ minds. Mueller’s report wasn’t even powerful enough to spur much action by House Democrats. They instead impeached Trump over a later phone call with the president of Ukraine.
In the new issue of The New Yorker, Jeffrey Toobin has reconstructed the Mueller investigation in an effort to explain why it was ineffectual. Toobin’s conclusion: Trump’s lawyers and Attorney General William Barr consistently outmaneuvered Mueller and his team. The Trump side played political hardball, while Mueller was slow, afraid of confrontation and ultimately naïve, Toobin argues.
“Mueller had an abundance of legitimate targets to investigate, and his failures emerged from an excess of caution, not of zeal,” Toobin writes. “Mueller forfeited the opportunity to speak clearly and directly about Trump’s crimes, and Barr filled the silence with his high-volume exoneration.”

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The Associated Press: after briefing: White House aware of Russian bounties in 2019; GOP lawmakers urge action and Trump’s two contradictory Russias confound coherent US policy; President faces pressure from Congress on bounties

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The Associated Press morningwire@apnews.com      Jun 30, 2020
Good morning. In today’s AP Morning Wire:

·         AP sources: White House aware of Russian bounties in 2019.

·         Amid virus resurgence, US states reverse openings, require masks.

·         Confederate flag losing prominence 155 years after US Civil War.

·         China approves contentious Hong Kong national security law.

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AP after briefing: White House aware of Russian bounties in 2019; GOP lawmakers urge action

Top officials in the White House were aware in early 2019 of classified intelligence indicating Russia was secretly offering bounties to the Taliban for the deaths of Americans, a full year earlier than has been previously reported.

That’s according to U.S. officials with direct knowledge of the intelligence, reports James Laporta.

The assessment was included in at least one of President Donald Trump’s written daily intelligence briefings at the time, according to the officials. The White House did not respond to questions about Trump or other officials’ awareness of Russia’s provocations in 2019.

But the revelations cast new doubt on the White House’s efforts to distance Trump from the Russian intelligence assessments.

Dmitry Peskov, a spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin, denied that Russian intelligence officers had offered payments to the Taliban in exchange for targeting U.S. and coalition forces.

Trump has sought throughout his time in office to improve relations with —  and at times mollify —  Russia and Putin.

Congress: Eight Democrats are to be briefed today about the explosive allegations, following Republicans who attended a Monday briefing on the matter. The GOP lawmakers expressed alarm about Russia’s activities in Afghanistan and urged the administration to hold Putin accountable. Members of Congress in both parties are calling for additional information and consequences for Moscow, report Zeke Miller, James Laporta and Mary Clare Jalonick.

Afghanistan: A Taliban spokesman says that U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has called the Taliban’s chief peace negotiator amid the roiling controversy in Washington over the Russian bounty scandal, Kathy Gannon reports from Islamabad.

Distancing from Trump? For the entire duration of his tenure in the White House, more than three years now, Donald Trump instilled such fear in the Republican Party’s leaders that most kept criticism of his turbulent leadership or inconsistent politics to themselves, but that’s beginning to change. Some GOP loyalists are distancing themselves from Trump’s handling of the pandemic and race relations, report Steve Peoples, Jonathan Lemire and Jill Colvin. And the furor over Russian bounties is adding more fuel to the fire.

 
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Trump’s two contradictory Russias confound coherent US policy; President faces pressure from Congress on bounties

The Trump administration seems unable to make up its mind: Russia is at once a mortal enemy and a misunderstood friend.

Now, intelligence suggesting Russia was encouraging attacks on U.S. and allied forces in Afghanistan by putting bounties on their heads has thrust the matter into the heart of the 2020 campaign.

For the past three years, the administration has careered between President Donald Trump’s attempts to curry favor and friendship with Russian President Vladimir Putin and longstanding deep-seated concerns about Putin’s intentions.

As Trump has repeatedly and openly cozied up to Putin, his administration has imposed harsh sanctions on Russia.

The dizzying, often contradictory, paths followed by Trump on the one hand and his hawkish national security aides on the other have muddied the waters among allies and enemies alike, reports Matt Lee.

Congress: Trump is coming under growing pressure from lawmakers to respond to the explosive allegations. Democrats are accusing Trump of bowing to Putin and are demanding more answers about U.S. intelligence on the matter. Republicans have largely defended the president, arguing along with the White House that the intelligence was unverified.

Military: The relationship between the nation’s veterans and Trump has been strained repeatedly over the last four years. But just four months before Election Day, new cracks with dangerous political ramifications are being exposed amid the reports that Trump either ignored, or was unaware of, a Russian plot to kill U.S. troops, Steve Peoples and Sarah Blake Morgan report.

Analysis: While President Trump seems to rarely leave a thought unspoken or tweeted, it’s increasingly clear there are things he won’t say. He’s declined to directly address the Russia bounties allegations. He hasn’t issued a blanket call for Americans to wear face masks to combat the virus. And he hasn’t offered much balm to those reckoning with the stain of racism in American life. Such words don’t come easily to Trump — and his silence speaks volumes, writes White House news editor Nancy Benac.

Russia’s Constitutional Vote: In the meantime, not facing a likely uphill battle or a bitterly divided electorate like Trump in the U.S. presidential election in November, President Putin is wrapping up his main political project of the year: the constitutional vote that would allow him to extend his rule until 2036. With the final day of week-long voting today, Putin is all but guaranteed to get the result he wants following a massive campaign to get voters to say “yes” to the changes, reports Vladimir Isachenkov from Moscow.

As a Tribute, Vhils Carves Ten Masked Healthcare Workers into a Hospital Wall in Porto

As a Tribute, Vhils Carves Ten Masked Healthcare Workers into a Hospital Wall in Porto

JUNE 25, 2020  GRACE EBERT

All images © Vhils, by Expanding Roots, shared with permission

To honor essential workers, Portuguese artist Alexandre Farto, who goes by Vhils (previously), recently completed an expansive public artwork at the São João University Hospital Centre in Porto. Vhils chiseled 10 masked figures into an outdoor wall at the facility, creating a permanent homage to nurses, doctors, cleaning staff, maintenance workers, and kitchen employees. “It is a commendation of the courage, dedication, and selflessness with which they place their lives at risk in the defense of our own,” the artist says. “The disposition of the people in the composition, side-by-side, aims to symbolize not only the concept of frontline but also cooperation and teamwork.”

Follow Vhils on Instagram to keep up with his upcoming carved artworks, and check out the book he recently released that collects his public projects. (via Street Art News)

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PBS News: June 4 – 9, 2020, PBS NewsHour Presents ‘Race Matters: America in Crisis’, and #WashWeekPBS Extra – How will nationwide protests affect the 2020 election?

 CNN: Senate GOP dodges over Trump’s baseless Buffalo protester tweet

 The New York Times: The Morning, June 5 & 8, 2020

 Amanpour and Company: Antifa – Terrorist Group or Trump Scapegoat?

 TEDx Talks: Black murder is normal | Michael Smith | TEDxJacksonville

 Doctor Mike Hansen: Lung Doctor Analyzes George Floyd Autopsy Report (MEDICAL EXPLANATION)

 TED Talks: Baratunde Thurston How to deconstruct racism one headline at a time

Colossal: From Minneapolis to Syria, Artists Are Honoring George Floyd Through Murals and Public Artworks, A Bold Black Lives Matter Statement Transforms a Street Leading to the White House in Washington D.C., and A 20,000-Square-Foot Tribute to Healthcare Workers Emerges at Queens Museum

PBS NewsHour full episode, June 9, 2020

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Jun 9, 2020  PBS NewsHour

Tuesday on the NewsHour, George Floyd is laid to rest in Houston, but protests against police violence — and demands for change — go on. Plus: Race relations in the U.S. military, the experiences of black journalists covering protests of racism, Republicans attack the integrity of voting by mail, how Vietnam has contained the coronavirus and the pandemic’s effect on the global film industry. Support your local PBS station here: https://pbs.org/donate WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS ‘He’s gonna change the world’: George Floyd laid to rest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8mQ_… News Wrap: UN General Assembly won’t convene in September https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv0Eo… Why military hasn’t made more progress on overcoming racism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NUaN… Coverage of protests illuminates journalism’s race problem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzuYM… The truth about vote-by-mail and fraud https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkSRJ… How Vietnam’s authoritarian government contained COVID-19 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RjDq… How pandemic has put film industry in ‘state of paralysis’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvhr_… Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6

PBS NewsHour full episode, June 8, 2020

Jun 8, 2020  PBS NewsHour

Monday on the NewsHour, protests of police violence against black Americans continue to echo across the U.S., prompting calls for major policy changes. Plus: What defunding the police would mean, Sen. Cory Booker on police reform, risks for mail carriers and delivery workers amid the pandemic, how dangerous are mass protests for virus spread and Politics Monday with Amy Walter and Tamara Keith. Support your local PBS station here: https://pbs.org/donate WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS 2 weeks after Floyd’s death, Americans are still protesting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uM2tE… News Wrap: New York City begins gradual reopening https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEvt-… 2 views on the future of American policing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFN2g… Cory Booker on how the U.S. should reform policing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_aOA… Pandemic boosts labor, risks for mail and delivery workers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f85kV… A ‘risk-based decision’ about protesting during a pandemic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPME8… Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on protest political pressure https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCPXW… Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6

PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode June 7, 2020

Jun 7, 2020  PBS NewsHour

On this edition for Sunday, June 7, demands for justice for George Floyd’s killing and calls for police reform grow as massive protests continue across the U.S. and the world. Also, San Francisco considers a resolution to prohibit hiring police officers with a misconduct record. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York. Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6

PBS NewsHour Weekend full episode June 6, 2020

Jun 6, 2020  PBS NewsHour

On this edition for Saturday, June 6, a memorial service was held for George Floyd in the North Carolina town where he was born, and as protests continued in the U.S. thousands of demonstrators around the world took to the streets to rally against police brutality and systemic racism. Hari Sreenivasan anchors from New York Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6

PBS NewsHour full episode, June 5, 2020

Jun 5, 2020  PBS NewsHour

Friday on the NewsHour, another tumultuous week in the U.S. comes to a close with some signs of economic progress — but continued unrest over racism and police use of force. Plus: What May jobs numbers could mean for the pandemic economy, Mayor Eric Garcetti of Los Angeles on protests and policing, the analysis of Mark Shields and David Brooks and remembering five more people killed by COVID-19. Support your local PBS station here: https://pbs.org/donate WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS Trump criticized for invoking George Floyd in jobs remarks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I2PgM… News Wrap: WHO urges continued use of face masks worldwide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peGEw… Do May jobs numbers indicate economic recovery has begun? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Aboq… Mayor Garcetti on changing, but not eliminating, the police https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfxqD… Shields and Brooks on race in America, Trump’s response https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gyJZ… Stories of 5 coronavirus victims in the U.S. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VZOw… Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6

PBS NewsHour full episode, June 4, 2020

Jun 4, 2020  PBS NewsHour

Thursday on the NewsHour, predominantly peaceful protests continue across America despite occasional use of force by police and the presence of National Guard troops, and memorial services begin for George Floyd. Also: Former military leaders push back on President Trump’s rhetoric, Hong Kong protesters defy bans on gathering, why work from home could be devastating for real estate and more. WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS Mourners remember George Floyd as Trump draws pushback https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69Q_v… New York protesters say they want change from ‘daily fear’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zdxgq… Bowser questions Trump’s legal ability to call troops to DC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wlC1… ‘Armed forces exist to protect,’ not police communities https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b71uB… News Wrap: Virginia taking down Robert E. Lee statue https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYUR3… At banned vigil, Hong Kong protesters rally for freedoms https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3Z2F… American skyscrapers face uncertain future amid coronavirus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCitn… Coronavirus is taste of what poor Americans ‘feel every day’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWayR… Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6

WATCH LIVE: PBS NewsHour Presents ‘Race Matters: America in Crisis’

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“Race Matters: America in Crisis, A PBS NewsHour Special” will premiere on PBS stations nationwide on Friday, June 5, 2020, from 9 to 10 p.m. ET. “Race Matters: America in Crisis” will focus on the frustration pouring out onto American streets, and outrage about police brutality. It will also explore America’s deep systemic racial disparities in education, the criminal justice system, the economy and health care, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. The program will also include grassroots voices from around the country and roundtable conversations with thought leaders, newsmakers and experts. Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6

#WashWeekPBS Extra: How will nationwide protests affect the 2020 election?

Jun 5, 2020  Washington Week

The panel continued the conversation on the nationwide protests following the death of George Floyd, and discussed the potential relocation of the 2020 Republican National Convention from Charlotte, North Carolina. Panel: Jonathan Martin of The New York Times, Amna Nawaz of the PBS NewsHour, Paula Reid of CBS News, Pierre Thomas of ABC News Watch the latest full show and Extra here: https://pbs.org/washingtonweek Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2ZEPJNs Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/washingtonweek Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/washingtonweek

Senate GOP dodges over Trump’s baseless Buffalo protester tweet

Jun 9, 2020  CNN

A number of Republican senators dodged questions or were silent when pressed for reaction after President Donald Trump suggested without evidence that a 75-year-old man who was seriously injured after being shoved by police officers in Buffalo, New York, last week, may have been part of a “set up.” In an unsubstantiated claim, the President tweeted, “Buffalo protester shoved by Police could be an ANTIFA provocateur. 75 year old Martin Gugino was pushed away after appearing to scan police communications in order to black out the equipment. @OANN I watched, he fell harder than was pushed. Was aiming scanner. Could be a set up?” At a news conference following a Republican policy lunch, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky refused to say whether Trump’s tweet was appropriate. CNN pressed him twice, and he instead pointed to the work led by GOP Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina to try to put together a police reform package. #Trump #CNN #News

The New York Times     The Morning     June 8, 2020
Good morning. Minneapolis plans to dismantle its police force. New York City is starting to reopen. And Tropical Storm Cristobal has made landfall. Let’s start with a look at false reports from the police.

 When the police lie
By David Leonhardt

Martin Gugino, a 75-year-old protester, lays on the ground after he was shoved by two police officers in Buffalo, New York.Jamie Quinn, via Reuters
An encounter in Buffalo last Thursday — in which two police officers shoved a 75-year-old man to the ground and left lying him there while blood poured out of his ear — was troubling partly because of the original police account.
The account claimed that the man “was injured when he tripped and fell.” If a video hadn’t existed, the truth might never have come out.
That’s a widespread problem:
Philip Stinson, a criminologist at Bowling Green State University, who has analyzed thousands of police reports, told CNN that lies like these were fairly common.
Activists in the current protest movement have begun to focus on how they can turn the rallies of the past 10 days into lasting change, to reduce both racism and police brutality. And reducing the frequency of false reports by the police is likely to be a key issue.
Already, reform-minded prosecutors and police chiefs have taken some steps in the last few years. The top prosecutor in St. Louis, Kim Gardner, has stopped accepting new cases or search warrant requests from officers with a history of misconduct or lies. In Philadelphia and Seattle, prosecutors are creating similar “do not call” lists, The Marshall Project has reported.
Chris Magnus, the police chief in Tucson, Ariz., told the Marshall Project: “If I had my way, officers who lie wouldn’t just be put on a list, they’d be fired, and also not allowed to work in any other jurisdiction as a police officer ever again.” Often, though, police-union contracts prevent firing even officers with a record of brutality and dishonesty — which then casts a shadow over the many police officers who tell the truth.
(The Times published an investigation this weekend, explaining how police unions have amassed political power and blocked change.)
False police reports are not a new problem. What’s new are the videos that have caused people to realize how common they are. “When I was a reporter, it was the police officer’s word against the victim’s or suspect’s,” Jamie Stockwell, a deputy national editor at The Times, told me. “Cellphone video has changed the debate over policing.”
THREE MORE BIG STORIES
1. Minneapolis to rethink policing
The Minneapolis City Council pledged yesterday to dismantle the Police Department. Council members said that they did not yet have specific plans for a new public safety system and would study models being tested in other cities.
It is the biggest response to the protests so far. In New York and Los Angeles, city officials have vowed to shrink police budgets in coming months.
In other protest developments:
  • Democrats in Congress plan to unveil legislation today that would make it easier to prosecute police misconduct and recover damages from officers who violated people’s constitutional rights.
2. New York emerges from its virus lockdown
Closed Brooklyn businesses ln April.Spencer Platt/Getty Images
New York City will take the first steps toward reopening today, a moment of optimism in a city battered by the coronavirus. Nonessential construction and manufacturing can resume, and retail stores can open for pickup. As many as 400,000 workers could return to their jobs.
The milestone comes 100 days after the city reported its first case. Since then, more than 211,000 residents have been infected and more than 21,000 have died. The confirmed infection rate has dropped sharply since the peak in mid-April.
In other virus developments:
3. Distance learning isn’t working
Education experts believe that distance learning in most school districts is not working and that students are falling behind at alarming rates. “We know this isn’t a good way to teach,” a seventh-grade teacher in Colorado said. Black, Hispanic and low-income students are falling behind the fastest, research suggests.
“The richest and poorest parents are spending about the same amount of hours on remote school,” Dana Goldstein, a Times reporter who has written a book on teaching, told us. But “wealthier parents are inevitably able to provide more books and supplies at home, more quiet space, educational toys and often more knowledge of the curriculum.” More high-income school districts are also providing strong remote instruction, rather than basic worksheet-like activities.
Here’s what else is happening
Lake Pontchartrain’s Orleans Harbor in New Orleans on Sunday, as Tropical Storm Cristobal approaches the Louisiana Coast.Gerald Herbert/Associated Press
  • Tropical Storm Cristobal made landfall in southeast Louisiana yesterday, hours after pouring several inches of rain on the New Orleans area. The storm is expected to head north to Arkansas and Missouri by Tuesday.
  • James Bennet, the editorial page editor of The Times, has resigned over the publication of an Op-Ed by Senator Tom Cotton last week that called for the military to crack down on “lawbreakers” in the protests. (Ben Smith, The Times’s media columnist, looked at the revolts inside the country’s big newsrooms.)
  • Lives lived: It was the late 1970s, and the hip-hop scene was just emerging. Robert Ford Jr., better known as Rocky, was there to chronicle it as a journalist and then promote it as a producer and mentor to early stars like Kurtis Blow. Ford’s breakout record? A Christmas single. He has died at 70.
BACK STORY: TAKING A KNEE
Four years ago, Kurt Streeter — then an ESPN writer — published a profile of Nate Boyer, an unusual football player. Boyer was homeless as a young man and later served in the Army as a Green Beret, in both Afghanistan and Iraq. For the Seattle Seahawks, he was the long-snapper, who played only on some kicks.
Boyer’s place in football history, however, won’t be about what he did on the field. It will be about the fact that he gave Colin Kaepernick and Eric Reid the idea to protest police brutality by kneeling during the national anthem. Boyer, who’s white, said he would never kneel during the anthem. But he thought it was a symbol of reverence and had seen a photo of Martin Luther King Jr. protesting in Alabama by kneeling.
“If you’re not going to stand,” Boyer remembers telling Kaepernick and Reid, as the three of them sat in a hotel lobby, hours before a game in 2016, “I’d say your only other option is to take a knee.”
Kurt has since left ESPN for The Times, and he has written an article about how kneeling spread from the N.F.L. to the recent protests. Boyer’s comments are a fascinating part of the story — and a reminder of why journalists often make an effort to keep in touch with people they’ve interviewed.

Antifa: Terrorist Group or Trump Scapegoat? | Amanpour and Company

Jun 4, 2020 Amanpour and Company

For protests that turned violent, President Trump blames the far left, and saying he wants to designate Antifa – short for ‘Anti-Fascists’ – as a terrorist organization. But activist and Occupy Wall Street organizer Mark Bray hits back in a piece for the Washington Post. Bray joins Michel Martin to explain why he believes Trump’s bluster is a diversionary tactic. Originally aired on June 4, 2020. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… Subscribe to the Amanpour and Company. channel here: https://bit.ly/2EMIkTJ For more from Amanpour and Company, including full episodes, click here: https://to.pbs.org/2NBFpjf Like Amanpour and Company on Facebook: https://bit.ly/2HNx3EF Follow Amanpour and Company on Twitter: https://bit.ly/2HLpjTI Watch Amanpour and Company weekdays on PBS (check local listings). Amanpour and Company features wide-ranging, in-depth conversations with global thought leaders and cultural influencers on the issues and trends impacting the world each day, from politics, business and technology to arts, science and sports. Christiane Amanpour leads the conversation on global and domestic news from London with contributions by prominent journalists Walter Isaacson, Michel Martin, Alicia Menendez and Hari Sreenivasan from the Tisch WNET Studios at Lincoln Center in New York City. #amanpourpbs

Black murder is normal | Michael Smith | TEDxJacksonville

Jan 6, 2015  TEDx Talks

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. In this Talk, Pastor Michael T. Smith argues that the “normalcy” of black murder is engrained in our American culture. Indeed, the idea that a black American would be involved in a homicide—either as perpetrator or victim—is so broadly accepted as to be largely unnoticed. Smith exposes the racism that underlies the appalling lack of outrage at high death rates in the black community, and highlights the hypocrisy of a society that glamorizes violence, but ignores its victims. “It doesn’t take action to keep racism going,” Smith observes, “it takes inaction.” About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)

Lung Doctor Analyzes George Floyd Autopsy Report (MEDICAL EXPLANATION)

Jun 3, 2020  Doctor Mike Hansen

Lung Doctor Analyzes George Floyd Autopsy Report (MEDICAL EXPLANATION) Let’s be clear..we’ve all seen the video by now. It’s obvious that these police officers killed George Floyd. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner, and the independent medical examiner hired by the family of George Floyd, Dr. Michael Baden, have concluded that his death was a homicide….but their opinion differs on the cause of death. But if both of them declared that his death was a homicide, does the cause of death really matter? (YES). I want justice for George Floyd, and that is why I’m making this video, because the medical explanation for his cause of death, is not a simple explanation. As a lung doctor, part of my job is to figure out why people can’t breathe. As an intensive care doctor, part of my job is to care for people who are on the brink of death. Like when someone can’t breathe. So when someone dies of asphyxia, as is the case of George Floyd, the determination of the cause of death is dependent on information elicited based on the investigation, which includes, the deceased personal medical history namely, autopsy, and crime scene investigation, which of course includes video evidence. Asphyxia is a Greek term that translates to “loss of pulse.” Mechanical asphyxia involves some physical force or physical abnormality that interferes with the uptake and/or delivery of oxygen. With asphyxia, the brain doesn’t get enough oxygen, and when the pons and the medulla aren’t getting enough oxygen, they can no longer function. This means they can no longer tell the diaphragm to contract, and breathing then stops. While this happens, the heart is also not getting enough oxygen, and typically the heart pumps slower and slower until it stops. Prolonged continuous application of extreme pressure on the thorax, such as with the bodyweight of several officers, is capable of causing death. This is important, because this contributed to the death of George Floyd, in addition to the knee to the neck. The neck contains our airway, the trachea, and it also contains carotid and vertebral arteries and jugular veins. The arteries here deliver oxygenated blood to the brain, while the jugular veins allow the deoxygenated blood to flow back to the heart. So what happens when pressure is placed on the neck? Well, it depends, on a lot of different factors (amount and duration of pressure, etc). And looking at the George Floyd video, he was unconscious for more than 2 minutes with the knee still on his neck. There’s no doubt, that during this time, he took his last breath, and right around the same time, lost his pulse. By the time the EMS guy checks his pulse, I highly doubt he actually felt a pulse, because it was more than two minutes after George lost consciousness. It was obvious that when they moved George onto the stretcher, he was completely limp because he was dead. And it wasn’t until much later, did they start CPR, in the ambulance. Now let’s get to what the medical examiners had to say about this case. Dr. Michael Baden, who did the independent autopsy says Floyd died of “asphyxiation from sustained pressure when his back and neck were compressed, with the neck pressure cutting off blood flow to his brain.” I agree with that assessment. I would also add that partial compression of the trachea, causing airway compromise, was also possible. The weight on George’s back made the work of breathing much harder for his diaphragm, and the neck pressure at the very least meant less blood (and thus oxygen) was being delivered to his brain, and less carbon dioxide could be removed from his brain. After a while, the diaphragm becomes fatigued, and no longer has the strength to contract, which means the lungs can’t get oxygen into the blood, and can’t get carbon dioxide out of the blood. And all of this caused him to lose consciousness. And probably within seconds, he lost a pulse. And despite losing consciousness, and despite losing a pulse, they continued to apply pressure on the neck, and put their weight on his back. The Hennepin County medical examiner’s office said that the cause of death is “cardiopulmonary arrest complicating law enforcement subdual, restraint, and neck compression.” This statement doesn’t really make sense to me. But the Hennepin County release also says heart disease was an issue; the independent examiner didn’t find that. The county said that fentanyl and methamphetamine use were among “significant conditions,” but its report didn’t say how much of either drug was in Floyd’s system or how that may have contributed. But Dr. Michael Baden got it right. – Doctor Mike Hansen

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The New York Times     The Morning     June 5, 2020
By David Leonhardt
Good morning. Mourners remembered George Floyd. Virus data shows an encouraging trend. Let’s start with a look at police departments that have made changes.
Where police reform has worked
Police recruits at the San Francisco Police Academy in San Francisco.Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
It can often feel like nothing changes with police killings. Gruesome, high-profile cases keep coming — Eric Garner, Michael Brown, Freddie Gray, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, now Manuel Ellis — and the annual number of killings nationwide remains at about 1,100.
In several big cities, however, things have changed. Police departments have adopted new policies, and, while problems remain, the number of shootings and deaths have fallen significantly.
It’s happened in Los Angeles, where fatal police shootings have declined in each of the last four years, down to 12 last year. It’s happened in San Francisco. And it’s happened in Baltimore, Chicago, Philadelphia and Phoenix, Samuel Sinyangwe, a data scientist and activist, writes for FiveThirtyEight. “Many of these reforms were initiated in response to protests and public outcry over high-profile deaths,” he adds.
The changes often revolve around training officers to de-escalate situations and reduce the amount of force they use. Tougher measures to get rid of violent officers also seem to help. Hiring more police officers sometimes helps as well, research shows. “Overstressed, overtired officers working too many shifts generate more complaints of excessive force,” Vox’s Matthew Yglesias notes.
The most sweeping proposals to emerge in recent days, like defunding the police, are unlikely to attract broad political support. Many Americans feel positively toward the police, as David Byler of The Washington Post points out — although there are large gaps by race.
Still, most Americans also say that the police have a racism problem, and most favor reforms, such as body cameras and outside investigations of misconduct. Drew Linzer of the polling firm Civiqs notes that support for the Black Lives Matter movement surged in recent days to almost 50 percent, “the highest it has ever been in over three years of polling.”
All of which points to some common political ground on police reform. “The problem is not that we lack a playbook for fixing the police,” a former police commissioner in Philadelphia and three other experts write for the Times Opinion section. “We have one. The problem is that we have not successfully followed the one we have.” Barack Obama posted a Twitter thread last night making similar points.
Why hasn’t reform worked in Minneapolis? The police department “failed to set clear criteria on the use of force and de-escalation,” Jamiles Lartey and Simone Weichselbaum of The Marshall Project report. The department also failed to “weed out bad cops” and “continued to use choke holds.”
THREE MORE BIG STORIES
1.              Remembering George Floyd

 
Alyssa Schukar for The New York Times
A memorial service on Thursday for George Floyd was by turns personal and political, celebrating both the life he had lived and the movement that his death has inspired. Floyd’s brother Philonise recalled playing football and eating banana-and-mayonnaise sandwiches; one of his cousins, Shareeduh Tate, said, “The thing I miss most about him is his hugs.”
In a defiant eulogy, the Rev. Al Sharpton said: “George Floyd’s story has been the story of black folks. Because ever since 401 years ago, the reason we could never be who we wanted and dreamed of being is you kept your knee on our neck.” Later, with the crowd rising, he added, “It’s time for us to stand up in George’s name and say, ‘Get your knee off our necks.’”
More developments from the protests:
2. Some good news on the virus
If you look at one of the charts tracking the coronavirus in the U.S., you’ll probably notice a disturbing pattern: The number of new cases has virtually stopped falling, hovering around 20,000 for the past 10 days.
But the actual trend may be more encouraging. The number of tests being conducted has been rising rapidly in recent weeks — which means more virus cases are being uncovered than otherwise would have been. Another key measure is the percentage of tests that come back positive (as Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight has argued), and it has continued to decline:
By The New York Times | Source: The COVID Tracking Project
Taken together, the various measures suggest that the virus’s spread continues to slow — but only modestly and not as rapidly as in some other countries.
3. An economic burden for women
The lockdown has already created burdens for mothers. They have taken on a disproportionate share of day care, home schooling and housework, research has shown. Now the reopening of many workplaces may cause a new set of problems.
The lack of child care options — with day care centers, camps and schools closed — may force women out of the labor force to take care of their children. And even temporary time away from a job often brings permanent costs, in terms of missed promotions and opportunities, as Patricia Cohen and Tiffany Hsu of The Times explain. “The limited gains made in the past decades are at risk of being rolled back,” concluded a U.N. report on the virus’s impact on women.
Here’s what else is happening
  • The Trump administration moved to weaken two major environmental protections, including on clean air.
  • Many Times readers and employees criticized the Opinion section’s decision to publish an Op-Ed by Senator Tom Cotton calling for the military to crack down on “lawbreakers.” Last night, a spokeswoman for The Times said a review had found that the piece “did not meet our standards” and was the result of a “rushed editorial process.”
  • Lives Lived: Hecky Powell’s South Side Chicago-style barbecue restaurant was an institution in Evanston, Ill., feeding everyone from broke college students to the Chicago Bulls. He even once advised a young Barack Obama, during his run for the Illinois Senate. Powell died on May 22 at 71.
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BACK STORY: TEACHING YOUR KIDS ABOUT RACISM

How should parents discuss race with their children? Start early, and keep the conversation going. Talk about racial differences in positive ways. Make sure any home library has books with black protagonists.
These suggestions — and many more — come from Jessica Grose, editor of The Times’s Parenting section. She spoke with experts and wrote up a list of suggested books. She told us:
We wanted to provide information for parents who want to have conversations with their children about racism and the protests over the killing of George Floyd. We also wanted to make clear that it’s a privilege to choose to have these conversations; as many of my sources emphasized, black families are having and have been having these conversations, and reading these books.
The big takeaway here is that nonblack families don’t just need to talk about racism with their kids — they need to show their kids they are also taking action.
One comment, from Jacqueline Dougé, a pediatrician and child health advocate based in Maryland, really stuck with me: “Because of our culture, I have a heavy burden as a black mom. But if I think my kids are going to end racism alone, I’m deluded.”
More resources: Jessica also recommends the conversation guides from EmbraceRace and Raising Race Conscious Children. And you can subscribe to Jessica’s newsletter here.

From Minneapolis to Syria, Artists Are Honoring George Floyd Through Murals and Public Artworks

From Minneapolis to Syria, Artists Are Honoring George Floyd Through Murals and Public Artworks

JUNE 2, 2020  GRACE EBERT

A mural in Minneapolis by Xena Goldman, Cadex Herrera, Greta McLain, Niko Alexander, and Pablo Hernandez

In honor of George Floyd, a Black man murdered by a White police officer in May, artists have been painting murals and sharing messages in what now is a global movement supporting the victim. From Minneapolis to Los Angeles to Syria, the public artworks are drawing attention to the horrific killing, in addition to the larger issue of police perpetrating state-sanctioned violence.

A collaborative project by artists Xena Goldman, Cadex Herrera, Greta McLain, Niko Alexander, and Pablo Hernandez, the Minneapolis mural centers Floyd within a sunflower. Herrera told Hyperallergic that the “idea was to depict Floyd not as a martyr but as a social justice hero.” He’s surrounded by the names of others killed by police, in addition to protestors. The 20-by-6.5-foot project is located near the Cup Foods where Floyd died.

Louisiana-born artist Jammie Holmes created typographic banners with Floyd’s last words that emblazoned the skies of U.S. cities. Bold statements reading, “Please I can’t breathe,” “My neck hurts,” and “They’re going to kill me,” flew over Detroit, Miami, Dallas, Los Angeles, and New York.

We’ve gathered some of the most recent projects below, including work from Syrian artists Aziz Asmar and Anis Hamdoun, Fayetville-based Octavio Logo, and Barcelona-based Tvboy. (via Artnet News)

Fayetteville mural by Octavio Logo. via Clarissa Bustamante

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A message that was flown over Detroit by Jammie Holmes

Syrian artists Aziz Asmar and Anis Hamdoun finish a mural depicting George Floyd in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province. https://t.co/fsWfkv8XHB pic.twitter.com/YUMQhn07M6

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Syrian artists Aziz Asmar and Anis Hamdoun finish a mural depicting George Floyd in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province. https://abcn.ws/2TWPRXy 

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A Bold Black Lives Matter Statement Transforms a Street Leading to the White House in Washington D.C.

A Bold Black Lives Matter Statement Transforms a Street Leading to the White House in Washington D.C.

JUNE 5, 2020  GRACE EBERT

Photograph © Nadia Aziz

In a show of solidarity, a massive tribute to Black Lives Matter has been painted on the street leading to the White House in Washington, D.C. Completed in permanent street paint, the message features bold, yellow letters that span more than a block of 16th Street and marks a historic moment in the United States after weeks of protests.

Mayor Muriel Bowser commissioned the banner-style piece, which city workers and volunteers began at 3 a.m. Friday morning ahead of weekend demonstrations. The new message is just two blocks north of Lafayette Square, where police charged peaceful protestors and released tear gas and flash-bang shells to clear the crowd for a photo-op for President Trump earlier this week. It sits at the foot of St. John’s Church.

Update: Black Lives Matter D.C. has denounced the public display, saying, “This is performative and a distraction from her active counter organizing to our demands to decrease the police budget and invest in the community. Black Lives Matter means Defund the police.”

Update 2: An earlier version of this article erroneously attributed the mural to a single artist.

A 20,000-Square-Foot Tribute to Healthcare Workers Emerges at Queens Museum

A 20,000-Square-Foot Tribute to Healthcare Workers Emerges at Queens Museum

JUNE 1, 2020  GRACE EBERT

“Somos La Luz” (2020). All images © Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada, by Eduardo Amorim/Greenpoint Innovations

In the Queens Museum parking lot, Cuban-American artist Jorge Rodríguez-Gerada (previously) has painted a 20,000-square-foot mural as both an act of gratitude to Latinx healthcare workers, who have risked their own safety to care for others, and a nationwide call to action.

These are the people that make our city move, the people that care for us. These are the people that contribute socially, culturally, and economically to the nation… In the year 2020, where hindsight should not be clearer, it is amazing to me that we must continue to ask ourselves…how it is that minorities today still have to suffer the same injustices of the minorities of the past(?)

“Somos La Luz,” or “We Are The Light,” is a large-scale rendering of Dr. Ydelfonso Decoo, a pediatrician who died when fighting the virus in New York City. Rodríguez-Gerada hopes to draw attention to the disproportionate number of COVID-19 cases among Latinx and Black populations across the United States, in addition to the alarming rates of infection in Queens, one of the city’s epicenters for the virus.

In an Instagram post about the project, Rodríguez-Gerada said presenting the masked figure on such a massive scale reflects the enormity of the issue. “This artwork ‘Somos La Luz’ strives to give deeper meaning to the loss of each life,” the artist writes. “It strives to make evident the importance of every life as well as to value the amazing contribution of migrant people.”

Best viewed aerially, the mural was commissioned by the immigrant healthcare organization SOMOS and Make the Road New York, an advocacy group. (via Hyperallergic)

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PBS NewsHour full episode, May 29, 2020

May 29, 2020  PBS NewsHour

Friday on the NewsHour, protests continue to grip Minneapolis after the death of George Floyd at the hands of city police. Plus: A conversation with former Vice President Joe Biden about Floyd’s death and ongoing racial tensions, historical context around race in America, the U.S. responds to China’s new action on Hong Kong, political analysis with Mark Shields and David Brooks and in memoriam. WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS Protests over George Floyd’s death spread nationwide https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tn6or… Biden: George Floyd’s death ‘no time for incendiary tweets’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VF372… Anger and the ‘accumulated grievance’ of black America https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ylb4… News Wrap: Trump says U.S. terminating relationship with WHO https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q4mw… China’s crackdown on Hong Kong prompts U.S. policy changes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tU0Kr… Shields and Brooks on George Floyd, 100K pandemic deaths https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2zmB… Remembering 5 lives lost to the coronavirus https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_tU8h… Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6

PBS NewHour full episode, May 28, 2020

May 28, 2020  PBS NewsHour

Thursday on the NewsHour, Americans observe the tragic mark of 100,000 COVID-19 deaths, but the pandemic’s impact keeps growing. Plus: Minneapolis reels from the fallout of George Floyd’s death, pandemic economic policy, China’s move to tighten control of Hong Kong, the human cost of coronavirus in historical context, new views on working from home and a Brief But Spectacular take on ministering. WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS The coronavirus’ human and economic toll continue to expand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uzjca… What George Floyd’s death says about U.S. police culture https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdsPo… News Wrap: House shelves FISA bill after Trump’s veto threat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UylHi… Which economic policies will get Americans back on track? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0snmJ… What Chinese crackdown means for Hong Kong’s autonomy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2gpb… What Americans want from leaders amid extraordinary loss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh9gH… Could the pandemic usher in a new era of working from home? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jqQ_… A young black pastor on preaching hope amid despair https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GC36z… Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6

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Wednesday on the NewsHour, the U.S. death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic passes 100,000 — more than the number of Americans killed in the Korean and Vietnam Wars combined. Plus: Dr. Anthony Fauci shares a pandemic update, Speaker Nancy Pelosi on federal aid, remembering activist Larry Kramer, fallout in Minneapolis, increasing protests in Hong Kong and child care shortages amid the pandemic. WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS U.S. coronavirus death toll passes 100,000 milestone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Xhqs… Dr. Fauci on the ‘terrible hit’ of 100,000 American deaths https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUJsn… Pelosi calls Trump’s COVID-19 testing plan an ‘insult’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFta_… News Wrap: NASA scrubs rocket launch due to storms  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTjXZ… Remembering influential AIDS activist Larry Kramer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2D-IX… Why George Floyd’s death was a ‘violation of human rights’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXtd2… As China tightens grip on Hong Kong, how will U.S. respond? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuvbH… Who will care for children as their parents return to work? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtf77… Tayari Jones answers your questions about ‘The Street’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXWGF… Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6

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Tuesday on the NewsHour, the rate of U.S. COVID-19 deaths slows, but worries about new outbreaks remain. Plus: Another video of the death of a black man at the hands of police, how the pandemic has complicated caregiving, a new launch for the American space program, telling fact from fiction in President Trump’s tweets, COVID-19 plasma therapy and an essay on the value of small businesses. WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS Meat-processing plants remain source of outbreak concerns https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6cYq… News Wrap: Afghanistan begins releasing Taliban prisoners https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=depek… St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter on George Floyd’s death https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0ZWS… How COVID-19 has complicated life for family caregivers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-9as… How Elon Musk’s SpaceX is changing American space flight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92Yb6… How Trump leverages Twitter to spread misinformation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJq8C… Can convalescent plasma therapy help those with COVID-19? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl1Np… A shopkeeper’s humble opinion on when to reopen for business https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mzu44… Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6

PBS NewsHour full episode, May 25, 2020

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Monday on the NewsHour, the United States observes Memorial Day as the death toll from COVID-19 approaches 100,000. Plus: Summer vacation destinations adapt to a new business landscape, the Navajo Nation reels from COVID-19, Politics Monday with Amy Walter and Tamara Keith, how the pandemic could change mourning, Mindy Kaling’s new Netflix series and guarding a symbolic soldier’s tomb. WATCH TODAY’S SEGMENTS U.S. observes a muted Memorial Day amid pandemic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0y9Wg… News Wrap: Top Democrats slam Trump’s COVID-19 testing plan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFSwi… U.S. Native communities see COVID-19 as existential threat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiQx5… 2 mayors of beach destinations on managing health, tourism https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aXWQ… Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on Trump’s reelection strategy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpJ1w… How COVID-19 reshapes our views of life, and of loss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vdw8W… Mindy Kaling’s new Netflix series blends humor, humanity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yhbm… An uninterrupted watch at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBPLc… Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6

The New York Times:  The Morning           May 29, 2020
By David Leonhardt
Good morning. Anti-police protests became violent in both Minneapolis and Louisville last night. President Trump and Twitter kept up their spat. And herd immunity from the virus remains far off.
Protests against police escalate
Protesters outside the burning 3rd Police Precinct, in Minneapolis Thursday.John Minchillo/Associated Press
There were violent protests in both Minneapolis and Louisville, Ky., last night, as tensions over recent police killings escalated. A police precinct in Minneapolis was set on fire, and seven people were shot at a demonstration in Louisville.
There were also protests in several other cities, including New York, Denver and Columbus, Ohio, and President Trump posted two angry tweets, one of which Twitter flagged for “glorifying violence.”
The Times has started a live briefing so you can follow the latest developments.
The conflicts come after the latest spate of deaths of African-Americans caused by the police, including George Floyd, who was apparently suffocated in Minneapolis, and Breonna Taylor, who was killed in March during a “no-knock” raid of her apartment in Louisville.
In Minneapolis, protesters broke into the city’s Third Precinct, on the city’s south side, just after 10 p.m. and smashed equipment, set off fireworks and lit fires, according to videos posted from the scene.
All police had already fled the building. Firefighters could not respond because of safety concerns, an official said. Footage from helicopter cameras showed nearby businesses engulfed in flames.
Gov. Tim Walz has sent 500 members of the Minnesota National Guard to the Twin Cities.
In Louisville, seven people were struck by gunfire at a protest. The city’s mayor, Greg Fischer, said that no officers discharged their weapons and that the violence came from within the crowd. Two of the seven were in surgery last night.
In March, Louisville police fatally shot Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency medical technician, at her home. Questions have continued to mount about the handling of the case.
President Trump — who has long considered racial conflict to be politically helpful to him — sent two tweets about the situation. One taunted the mayor of Minneapolis for not having control of the situation, while the second used the racially charged word “thugs” (in all capital letters) and added, “when the looting starts, the shooting starts.”
Twitter said the message violated the company’s rules against glorifying violence. The company prevented users from viewing Mr. Trump’s message without first reading a brief notice describing the rule violation.
THREE MORE BIG STORIES
1. A Twitter feud in the Oval Office
The flagging of Trump’s Minneapolis tweet continued a battle between the company and the president. Earlier this week, Twitter placed fact-checking links alongside two Trump tweets that contained false claims about voter fraud.
Yesterday afternoon, Trump issued an executive order directing federal regulators to consider stripping social media companies of the legal shield that says they are not liable for the content posted on their platforms.
Legal experts said the president’s order was largely toothless and unlikely to hold up in court. A Times correspondent in Washington explained which parts might have an effect.
2. Herd immunity is still far off
London, Madrid and other cities around the world have only a small fraction of the coronavirus cases needed to achieve herd immunity, according to new studies. Experts believe herd immunity — after which new infections will no longer cause large outbreaks — is reached when between 60 percent and 80 percent of the population has contracted the virus.
Even New York, the city with the world’s highest known infection rate, is barely a third of the way there, according to the studies.
By The New York Times
In other virus developments:
  • Parisians, annoyed at government restrictions, have adopted a rebellious new drinking tradition: the apérue, in which revelers gather on the city’s streets (or rues) to enjoy pre-dinner drinks.
  • The C.D.C. is suggesting big changes to workplaces, including regular temperature checks, spread-out desks and the closing of common areas.
  • For the first time in its 124-year history, the Boston Marathon has been canceled. Organizers plan to hold a virtual race instead, with people running the 26.2 miles remotely.
3. A looming stimulus cliff
A northwest Washington neighborhood.Andrew Harnik/Associated Press
The small-business lending program will soon run out of money. The $600 per week in additional unemployment benefits will expire at the end of July. And eviction moratoriums in many cities are expiring.
The patchwork of government programs created in response to the virus are beginning to fade, and it’s not clear whether Congress and the Trump administration will extend many of them. It’s also clear that the economy will not return to anything like full health in the coming weeks, given people’s continuing fears about contracting the virus. That combination is creating enormous uncertainty about the U.S. economy — and fear among many people who have lost jobs.
Related: Bloomberg News says we’re living in “a new economy built on fear” and has published a series of charts to explain.
No fly: American Airlines and Delta Air Lines are offering buyouts to employees, in a sign that they expect airline travel to be depressed for years.
Here’s what else is happening
  • The U.S. reaction to China’s crackdown in Hong Kong is part of “a downward spiral of actions and responses” between the two countries, our correspondents write.
  • Opposition from Republicans and progressive Democrats led House leaders to pull a bill that would have renewed some of the government’s powers to collect Americans’ internet data during national security investigations.
  • William J. Small, who built the Washington bureau of CBS News into a journalistic powerhouse in the 1960s and ’70s, died at 93. When President Richard Nixon tried to get Dan Rather removed as White House correspondent, Small “flatly refused on the spot.”
BACK STORY: A TRIP ACROSS EUROPE
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Patrick Kingsley, an international correspondent, and Laetitia Vancon, a photojournalist, are driving more than 3,700 miles across Europe to document how life has changed on the slowly reopening continent. We caught up with Patrick yesterday, while he was driving through the Netherlands:
It’s been often sad but sometimes also inspiring. People have responded with such creativity — in Prague we visited a drive-in theater founded by frustrated actors, and tonight we’re going to a drive-in disco.
The whole trip almost ended before it had really begun. To enter the Czech Republic, I needed proof that I was Covid-free — a certificate from a testing center. But the clinic initially lost my certificate, a near-fiasco that took several hours to resolve.
So far, the saddest moment was reporting from outside a stadium in Geneva — one of the world’s richest cities — where thousands of people who lost their jobs during the pandemic were queuing up for hours to receive a food parcel.
A happier memory was attending a concert in a German vineyard, where there was just one performer and one audience member — me.

Cory Booker: Peace Is Not Merely The Absence Of Violence, It’s The Presence Of Justice | MSNBC

May 29, 2020  MSNBC

Sen. Booker remembers the first conversation he and his parents had about police: “I wish we lived in a nation that 30+ years later there weren’t still hundreds of thousands of parents feeling like they have to teach their black boys how not to get killed by police.” Aired on 05/29/2020. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc MSNBC delivers breaking news, in-depth analysis of politics headlines, as well as commentary and informed perspectives. Find video clips and segments from The Rachel Maddow Show, Morning Joe, Meet the Press Daily, The Beat with Ari Melber, Deadline: White House with Nicolle Wallace, Hardball, All In, Last Word, 11th Hour, and more. Connect with MSNBC Online Visit msnbc.com: http://on.msnbc.com/Readmsnbc Subscribe to MSNBC Newsletter: http://MSNBC.com/NewslettersYouTube Find MSNBC on Facebook: http://on.msnbc.com/Likemsnbc Follow MSNBC on Twitter: http://on.msnbc.com/Followmsnbc Follow MSNBC on Instagram: http://on.msnbc.com/Instamsnbc Cory Booker: Peace Is Not Merely The Absence Of Violence, It’s The Presence Of Justice | MSNBC

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Biden: ‘Words Of A President Matter No Matter How Good Or Bad That President Is’ | MTP Daily | MSNBC

May 29, 2020  MSNBC

Former Vice President Joe Biden discusses the officer involved in George Floyd’s death charged with murder and his shortlist for a running mate. Aired on 05/29/2020. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc

Police In Louisville Fire Pepper Bullets At Press During Chaotic Protest | The 11th Hour | MSNBC

May 30, 2020  MSNBC

A local reporter in Louisville, Kentucky, was hit with pepper bullets fired by law enforcement during chaotic protests after the deaths of Breonna Taylor there and George Floyd in Minneapolis. Aired on 05/29/2020. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc

Protests Persist After Arrest Of Officer Involved In George Floyd Killing | The 11th Hour | MSNBC

May 30, 2020  MSNBC

MSNBC Ali Velshi joins from Minneapolis where a fourth night of protests has broken out after the fatal arrest of George Floyd who died after a now fired and arrested officer knelt on his neck. Aired on 05/29/2020. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc MSNBC delivers breaking news, in-depth analysis of politics headlines, as well as commentary and informed perspectives. Find video clips and segments from The Rachel Maddow Show, Morning Joe, Meet the Press Daily, The Beat with Ari Melber, Deadline: White House with Nicolle Wallace, Hardball, All In, Last Word, 11th Hour, and more. Connect with MSNBC Online Visit msnbc.com: http://on.msnbc.com/Readmsnbc Subscribe to MSNBC Newsletter: http://MSNBC.com/NewslettersYouTube Find MSNBC on Facebook: http://on.msnbc.com/Likemsnbc Follow MSNBC on Twitter: http://on.msnbc.com/Followmsnbc Follow MSNBC on Instagram: http://on.msnbc.com/Instamsnbc Protests Persist After Arrest Of Officer Involved In George Floyd Killing | The 11th Hour | MSNBC

Protesters Clash With Police In Cities Nationwide Over George Floyd’s Death | The 11th Hour | MSNBC

May 30, 2020  MSNBC

MSNBC Correspondent Morgan Chesky joins from Minneapolis where protesters are defying a citywide curfew to continue protesting the fatal arrest of George Floyd as similar protests break out in cities across America. Aired on 05/29/2020. » Subscribe to MSNBC: http://on.msnbc.com/SubscribeTomsnbc MSNBC delivers breaking news, in-depth analysis of politics headlines, as well as commentary and informed perspectives. Find video clips and segments from The Rachel Maddow Show, Morning Joe, Meet the Press Daily, The Beat with Ari Melber, Deadline: White House with Nicolle Wallace, Hardball, All In, Last Word, 11th Hour, and more. Connect with MSNBC Online Visit msnbc.com: http://on.msnbc.com/Readmsnbc Subscribe to MSNBC Newsletter: http://MSNBC.com/NewslettersYouTube Find MSNBC on Facebook: http://on.msnbc.com/Likemsnbc Follow MSNBC on Twitter: http://on.msnbc.com/Followmsnbc Follow MSNBC on Instagram: http://on.msnbc.com/Instamsnbc Protesters Clash With Police In Cities Nationwide Over George Floyd’s Death | The 11th Hour | MSNBC

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CNN reporter in Minneapolis: I’ve never seen anything like this

May 30, 2020  CNN

CNN’s Sara Sidner reports on the ongoing protest over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis, despite the curfew order. #Floyd #CNN #News

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CNN reporter Omar Jimenez released from police custody

May 29, 2020  CNN

CNN’s Omar Jimenez is released from police custody after being arrested while covering protests over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. Minnesota State Patrol arrested the team live on CNN air. #CNN #News

Violent George Floyd protests at CNN Center unfold live on TV

May 29, 2020  CNN

CNN’s Nick Valencia reports live from inside the CNN Center in Atlanta where demonstrations over the killing of George Floyd have turned violent. #Floyd #CNN #News

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Twitter labels Trump tweet, says it violates platform’s rules

May 29, 2020  CNN

Twitter placed a public interest notice on a tweet from President Donald Trump, saying it “violated the Twitter Rules about glorifying violence.” CNN’s Hadas Gold reports.

George Floyd, Minneapolis Protests, Ahmaud Arbery & Amy Cooper | The Daily Social Distancing Show

May 29, 2020  The Daily Show with Trevor Noah

Trevor shares his thoughts on the killing of George Floyd, the protests in Minneapolis, the dominos of racial injustice and police brutality, and how the contract between society and black Americans has been broken time and time again. #DailyShow #TrevorNoah #GeorgeFloyd Subscribe to The Daily Show: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwWh… Follow The Daily Show: Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDailyShow Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedailyshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedailyshow Watch full episodes of The Daily Show for free: http://www.cc.com/shows/the-daily-sho… Follow Comedy Central: Twitter: https://twitter.com/ComedyCentral Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ComedyCentral Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/comedycentral About The Daily Show: Trevor Noah and The Daily Show correspondents tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and pop culture. The Daily Show with Trevor Noah airs weeknights at 11/10c on Comedy Central.

Category  Comedy

Jimmy Kimmel on George Floyd, Riots in Minneapolis & Trump’s Violent Stupidity

May 29, 2020  Jimmy Kimmel Live

Jimmy shares his thoughts on George Floyd’s senseless death, the outrage, protests and riots in Minneapolis, Donald Trump’s tweet intentionally inflaming racial violence, the need for us to work on this horrible problem we have, and he shares a powerful video that everyone should see right now. #JusticeForGeorgeFloyd #ICantBreathe SUBSCRIBE to get the latest #Kimmel: http://bit.ly/JKLSubscribe Watch Mean Tweets: http://bit.ly/KimmelMT10 Connect with Jimmy Kimmel Live Online: Visit the Jimmy Kimmel Live WEBSITE: http://bit.ly/JKLWebsite Like Jimmy Kimmel on FACEBOOK: http://bit.ly/KimmelFB Like Jimmy Kimmel Live on FACEBOOK: http://bit.ly/JKLFacebook Follow @JimmyKimmel on TWITTER: http://bit.ly/KimmelTW Follow Jimmy Kimmel Live on TWITTER: http://bit.ly/JKLTwitter Follow Jimmy Kimmel Live on INSTAGRAM: http://bit.ly/JKLInstagram

Decoding COVID-19 | NOVA | PBS

Premiered May 13, 2020  NOVA PBS Official

The coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has upended life as we know it in a matter of mere months. But at the same time, an unprecedented global effort to understand and contain the virus—and find a treatment for the disease it causes—is underway. Join the doctors on the front lines of the fight against COVID-19 as they strategize to stop the spread, and meet the researchers racing to develop treatments and vaccines. Along the way, discover how this devastating disease emerged, what it does to the human body, and why it exploded into a pandemic. The film calls on U.S. infectious disease experts and scientists working at the cutting edge of research to break down how this devastating virus emerged, what it does to the human body, and why it exploded into a pandemic—all told with NOVA’s signature clarity and accessibility. The special also presents a hopeful focus: the search for scientific solutions. Though scientists have not yet found a cure, the worldwide effort to attack the virus on multiple fronts has been unprecedented and inspiring. “DECODING COVID-19” is a NOVA Production by Holt Productions, LLC for WGBH Boston. Written, produced, and directed by Sarah Holt. Co-produced by Jane Teeling, Caitlin Saks, David Borenstein and Ma Liyan. Edited by Ralph Avellino, Ryan Shepheard, and Michael Amundson. Co-Executive Producers for NOVA are Julia Cort and Chris Schmidt. NOVA is a production of WGBH Boston. PBS International is distributing NOVA “DECODING COVID-19” worldwide. Enjoy full episodes of your favorite PBS shows anytime, anywhere with the free PBS Video App: https://to.pbs.org/2QbtzhR Funding for NOVA is provided by Draper, the David H. Koch Fund for Science, the NOVA Science Trust, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and PBS viewers.

Category  Science & Technology

How to form a COVID-19 social ‘bubble’ or ‘quaranteam’

May 23, 2020  PBS NewsHour

As the country begins to open up, more people may be considering expanding their social circles beyond their immediate household. MIT Technology Review’s Gideon Lichfield recently broke two months of isolation to form a “bubble” or “quaranteam” with friends, and wrote a guide about how to navigate this new reality for some. NewsHour Weekend’s Megan Thompson spoke to Litchfield to learn more. Stream your PBS favorites with the PBS app: https://to.pbs.org/2Jb8twG Find more from PBS NewsHour at https://www.pbs.org/newshour Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2HfsCD6

Al Jazeera English | Live

@Al Jazeera English, we focus on people and events that affect people’s lives. We bring topics to light that often go under-reported, listening to all sides of the story and giving a ‘voice to the voiceless’. Reaching more than 270 million households in over 140 countries across the globe, our viewers trust Al Jazeera English to keep them informed, inspired, and entertained. Our impartial, fact-based reporting wins worldwide praise and respect. It is our unique brand of journalism that the world has come to rely on. We are reshaping global media and constantly working to strengthen our reputation as one of the world’s most respected news and current affairs channels. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #BreakingNews #AlJazeeraLive

Category  News & Politics

DW News Livestream | Latest news and breaking stories

Started streaming on Jan 21, 2019  DW News

DW News goes deep beneath the surface, providing the key stories from Europe and around the world. Exciting reports and interviews from the worlds of politics, business, sports, culture and social media are presented by our DW anchors in 15-, 30- and 60-minute shows. Correspondents on the ground and experts in the studio deliver detailed insights and analysis of issues that affect our viewers around the world. We combine our expertise on Germany and Europe with a special interest in Africa and Asia while keeping track of stories from the rest of the world. Informative, entertaining and up-to-date – DW News, connecting the dots for our viewers across the globe. Deutsche Welle is Germany’s international broadcaster. We convey a comprehensive image of Germany, report events and developments, incorporate German and other perspectives in a journalistically independent manner. By doing so we promote understanding between cultures and peoples. #dwNews #LiveNews #NewsToday

Category  News & Politics

[LIVE] Coronavirus Pandemic: Real Time Counter, World Map, News

Started streaming 15 hours ago   Roylab Stats

Coronavirus Live Streaming: Breaking news, world Map and live counter on confirmed cases and recovered cases. I started this live stream on Jan 26th, and since Jan 30th I have been streaming this without stopping. Many people are worried about the spread of coronavirus. For anyone that wants to know the real-time progression of the worldwide spread of this virus, I offer this live stream. The purpose is not to instill fear or panic, nor is it to necessarily comfort; I just want to present the data to help inform the public of the current situation. The purpose of this stream is to show basic information and data to understand the situation easily. For detail information, please visit our reference sites.

Google News: Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) information

https://news.google.com/covid19/map?hl=en-US&gl=US&ceid=US:en

Cases

Sorted by Confirmed in descending order
Location Confirmed Cases per 1M people Recovered Deaths New cases (last 60 days)
Worldwide 5,952,145 765 2,515,675 365,437
United States 1,786,171 5,420 385,125 104,235
Brazil 468,338 2,216 189,476 27,944
Russia 396,575 2,702 167,469 4,555
United Kingdom 271,222 4,082 — 38,161
Spain 238,564 5,065 150,376 27,121
Italy 232,248 3,855 152,844 33,229
Germany 183,089 2,202 164,829 8,598
India 173,763 128 82,369 4,971
Turkey 162,120 1,950 125,963 4,489
France 149,668 2,231 67,803 28,714
Iran 148,950 1,787 116,827 7,734
Peru 148,285 4,615 62,791 4,230
Chile 90,638 4,744 38,598 944
Canada 90,161 2,374 48,050 7,073
Mexico 84,627 669 59,610 9,415
Saudi Arabia 83,384 2,437 58,883 480
Mainland China 83,000 59 78,302 4,634
Pakistan 66,457 303 24,131 1,395
Belgium 58,186 5,049 15,769 9,453
Netherlands 46,257 2,651 — 5,951
Bangladesh 44,608 265 9,375 610
Ecuador 38,571 2,210 3,850 3,334
Sweden 37,113 3,592 4,971 4,395
Portugal 32,203 3,134 19,186 1,396
Switzerland 30,845 3,592 28,400 1,657
South Africa 29,240 497 14,370 611
Colombia 26,688 540 6,913 853
Indonesia 25,773 97 7,015 1,573
Ireland 24,876 5,055 22,089 1,645
Poland 23,376 609 11,016 1,051
Ukraine 23,204 554 9,311 696
Egypt 22,082 220 5,511 879
Romania 19,133 986 13,046 1,253
Philippines 17,224 159 3,808 950
Japan 16,804 133 14,406 886
Austria 16,685 1,874 15,520 668
Dominican Republic 16,068 1,551 8,952 485
Argentina 15,406 343 4,775 520
Denmark 11,633 1,998 10,327 571
Algeria 9,134 212 5,419 638

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Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by a new virus.

The disease causes respiratory illness (like the flu) with symptoms such as a cough, fever, and in more severe cases, difficulty breathing. You can protect yourself by washing your hands frequently, avoiding touching your face, and avoiding close contact (1 meter or 3 feet) with people who are unwell.

HOW IT SPREADS

Coronavirus disease spreads primarily through contact with an infected person when they cough or sneeze. It also spreads when a person touches a surface or object that has the virus on it, then touches their eyes, nose, or mouth.

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– Don’t blame the bats for the Coronavirus | Dr. Jane Goodall | SVT/TV 2/Skavlan

May 8, 2020  Skavlan

Watch legendary Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute and UN Messenger of Peace, talk about why she thinks animals are not to blame for the current pandemic in this Coronavirus special series, «SKAVLAN + 1». More Skavlan Twitter: http://twitter.com/skavlantvshow Facebook: http://facebook.com/skavlantalkshow Instagram: http://instagram.com/skavlantvshow

Category  Entertainment

The Incredible Underwater Art of Competitive Aquascaping

The Incredible Underwater Art of Competitive Aquascaping

JANUARY 15, 2014  CHRISTOPHER JOBSON

Forest Scent, Pavel Bautin. Russia. 2010 IAPLC Grand Prize Winner  Winner

Pale Wind, Takayuki Fukada. Japan. 2013 IAPLC Gold Prize

Whisper of the pines, Serkan Çetinkol. Turkey. 2013 IAPLC Top 27

Verve!, Chow Wai Sun. Hong Kong. 2011 IAPLC Bronze Prize

Way to heaven, Dmitriy Parshin. Russia.

Wild West, Stjepan Erdelji?. Croatia.

Georgi Chaushev, Bulgaria. 2012 IAPLC Top 100.

Francisco Wu, Spain. 2012 IAPLC Top 100.

Long Tran Hoang, Vietnam. 2012 IAPLC Third Place.

Pilgrimage, Shintaro Matsui. Japan. 2013 IAPLC Fifth Place.

No, these aren’t exactly your childhood goldfish bowls. The world of competitive aquarium design, or aquascaping, is just as difficult, expensive, and cutthroat as any other sport but requires expertise in many different fields to guarantee success. Aquarium designers possess large amounts of expertise in biology, design, photography, and excel in the art of patience, as individual aquascapes can take months if not years to fully mature into a completed landscape.

The world’s largest nature aquarium and aquatic plants layout competition is the International Aquatic Plants Layout Contest (IAPLC) which annually ranks hundreds of competitors from around the world with Asian and Eastern European countries generally dominating the top slots. While it’s somewhat difficult to track down galleries of winners from every year, above are some amazing entries from the last few years. To see more, oh so much more, check out: IAPLC Grand Prize Works, IAPLC 2013 Top 6, IAPLC 2012 Top 200 (or here), and the first Eastern European Planted Aquarium Design Contest.

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