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Five witnesses who saw Chauvin’s knee on Floyd’s neck testify; Second day of testimony in Derek Chauvin trial; Mar 30, 2021

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Witness: I stay up at night apologizing to George Floyd; Witnesses to Floyd’s death: “It wasn’t right. He was suffering”; Witness: No violence from bystanders, only from officers; Witness who recorded video of Floyd’s final moments testifies;

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First witnesses testify in trial of ex-officer Derek Chauvin; This week: Biden to unveil multi-trillion dollar infrastructure plan; COVID cases up in 27 states, national average jumps by 16%; Mar 29, 2021

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Trial begins for Ex-officer charged in George Floyd’s death; Prosecution, defense offer competing causes of death for Floyd; Prosecutors show video of Chauvin kneeling on Floyd’s neck; Defense: Chauvin “did exactly what he had been trained to do”; First witness is 911 dispatcher who watched Floyd’s death on live video & called police sgt over use of force concerns; Prosecutor: “it’s a homicide. You can believe your eyes.”;

Biden: 90% of U.S. adults will be eligible for vaccine by April 19; Biden faces another bipartisan test with infrastructure plan; Biden vows to create good-paying jobs with infrastructure plan; One-on-on with transportation secretary Pete Buttigieg; McConnell: Biden infrastructure proposal may be a “trojan horse for massive tax hikes” & “left-wing policies”; Buttigieg: “encouraged” by talks with republicans on infrastructure; After saying vehicle milage tax shows “promise,” Buttigieg now says it is not under consideration; Buttigieg rules out milage, gas tax hike to pay for infrastructure; Buttigieg: infrastructure plan is a jobs bill with climate benefits;

CDC Dir: “right now I’m scared”, feels “impending doom” given recent spike in COVID-19 cases; Former COVID task force members now blame Trump admin for weak response in early days of pandemic; Every state except Arkansas to make vaccines available to everyone age & up by Biden’s May 1st deadline; CDC study: Moderna & Pfizer vaccines 90% effective at preventing infection, 80% after the first dose; White House: Biden to offer guidance on vaccine passports for people to prove they’ve been vaccinated;

Civil and voting rights groups file lawsuit challenging Georgia’s new law; Sen. Graham accuses Biden of playing “the race card” with voting rights comments; White House to brief Dems tomorrow on situation at border; Sen. Cruz: migrant surge is “a humanitarian and public health crisis”; Suez canal ship freed after being stuck for six days; Police chief of Michigan town dies after battle with COVID-19;

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Biden: Georgia voting law a “blatant attack on the constitution”; 45 states have seen bills aimed at rolling back voting access; Fauci: Redfield saying COVID-19 escaped from China lab just “an opinion”; Funerals begin next week for the 10 victims of Boulder shooting; Inside look at Brazil’s hospitals in crisis; Mar 26, 2021

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Biden suggests Justice Dept look into GA voting law; Georgia law restricts voting, Fox sued for $1.6 billion as Trump whitewashes MAGA mob; Kemp defends GA voting law: “It wasn’t a voting rights bill, it was an election security bill”; Black Georgia legislator arrested for knocking on door during governor’s bill signing; “Covid War: The Pandemic Doctors Speak Out” airs Sunday at 9pm; Fauci agrees COVID-19 was likely spreading in China “a month or more” earlier than reported; Fmr CDC Director to CNN: COVID-19 originated in Wuhan lab, but he has no evidence; NC Gov vows to fight GOP efforts to restrict voting; Gun shop owner: Shooting suspect passed background check; Estimated $400M lost in trade every hour cargo ship blocks Suez canal, U.S. Navy might reroute an aircraft carrier; Study: Winter is “vanishing” from Lake Michigan due to rising temps;

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Biden drilled with questions on migrant children, voting rights, North Korea launching missiles, gun control; 14% of Americans are fully vaccinated; Biden sets new goal of 200 million vaccines in first 100 days; Biden agrees filibuster is relief of Jim Crow era; Tornado touches down near Birmingham, AL; Survivors recount living through harrowing shooting; Mar 25, 2021

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Biden: “I make no apology” for ending policy on “separating children from their mothers”; Biden: GOP measures to restrict voting are “unamerican… it’s sick”; Biden: Republican party must decide whether to work together or “divide the country”; Biden blames many border issues on Trump administration; Biden: “Going to be hard” to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan by May first deadline; Biden: “I can’t picture” U.S. troops staying in Afghanistan for another year; Biden: If North Korea escalates, “we will respond accordingly”; At least two injured in Tornado touchdown near Birmingham; Massacre suspect makes first court appearance in wheelchair; Suspect’s lawyer: We need to “fully assess” his mental illness; AstraZeneca vaccine:76% effective against symptomatic Covid; Most states will open vaccinations to residents ages 16+ by end of April; Miami Beach brings back curfew to combat spring break crowds; Rutgers to require Covid vaccine for students in the fall; Biden admin to spend nearly $10B to expand vaccine access;

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Supermarket attack renews debate over background checks; Messages show Oath Keepers leader planning for violence, says Trump called them to the Capitol; WH allows cameras into immigration facility, different from facility that sparked outrage; Massive efforts underway to vaccinate Native American tribe; March Mar 24, 2021

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Toomey, Manchin may revive bipartisan background checks bill; New video shows attack on slain officer during Jan. 6 riot; Admissions have dropped for ages 65+ with more vaccinations; Osage Nation health care workers hit the road to put Covid shots in the arms of their community; March 24 symbolizes how far into 2021 women must work to earn same pay as men from all of 2020

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All 10 victims, suspect in boulder shooting identified; Biden calls on Congress to ban some semi-automatic weapons, close loopholes on background checks; GOP Sen. Kennedy compares gun violence to drunk driving; New video shows conditions inside Texas migrant facilities; Health officials question “outdated” AstraZeneca vaccine data; One of the architects of the big lie admits it was baseless; From Columbine to Boulder: Colorado’s dark history with mass shootings; Mar 23, 2021

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Witness live streams as shots ring out, bodies on floor; Biden: Gun control shouldn’t be partisan, “we have to act”; 3 crises in America all in focus today: Boulder massacre, border emergency and big lie; Police: Supermarket shooter’s motive still unclear; Officer, who was father of 7, among 10 killed in Boulder rampage; Witness: Grocery store workers kept others from danger; Arrest warrant: Shooting suspect armed with two guns and tactical vest; Obama: It’s long past time for those with power to fight this epidemic of gun violence; Sen. Cruz: “Every time there is a shooting, we play this ridiculous theater”; Hero officer was first to respond to shooting, leaves behind seven children; New data: Border patrol has detained more than 11,000 unaccompanied migrant children in the last month; Surge of migrants overwhelms Border Patrol facilities; Vaccine trial review board: “Outdated” data may have given “incomplete” view on AstraZeneca’s efficacy; AstraZeneca stands by its vaccine trial; Fauci: Drama surrounding the AstraZeneca vaccine may contribute to vaccine hesitancy; Lawyer pushing the big lie now says no “reasonable” person would believe it as she faces billion dollar lawsuit; Boulder judge recently blocked bans on some types of semi-automatic rifles;

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Biden admin facing surge of unaccompanied children at border; AstraZeneca: vaccine 79% effective against COVID symptoms, 100% effective against severe cases; Fmr prosecutor: sedition charges likely against some rioters; Mar 22, 2021

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Number of unaccompanied migrant children crossing U.S.-Mexico border continues to rise; New images show conditions for kids inside border facility; DHS secy: Border “closed but still accepting unaccompanied children; DHS chief won’t give timeline for facilities capable of handling surge of accompanied children; Biden says he’ll visit border “at some point”; Biden officials travel to Mexico amid surge of unaccompanied minors crossing border; 4,900 unaccompanied migrant children in federal custody at border; Woman who was inside border facility describes conditions to CNN;

One-on-one with white house press secretary; Psaki: Biden doesn’t believe situation at border is acceptable; WSJ editorial board: Biden policies making border crisis worse; Biden, Harris promoting stimulus del with trips this week; AstraZeneca chief: plan to apply for emergency use authorization for COVID vaccine next month; Biden has not said if U.S. will meet may 1st deadline to withdraw troops from Afghanistan;

Spring breakers flock to Miami as U.K. variant spreads in Florida; Miami beach extends 8pm curfew to control massive spring break crowds; CDC director: we are at a fork in the road, could have another avoidable surge; Split on potential fourth wave: CDC director worried, fmr FDA commissioner calls it “unlikely”; Fourth U.S. vaccine could be on the way as AstraZeneca data shows vaccine is 100% effective against severe disease; Arizona expands vaccine eligibility to all 16+;

Fmr top prosecutor: Trump may be “culpable” for insurrection; Trump endorses GOP challenger to GA secy of state after incumbent refused to overturn election results; Trump lists DeSanctis, Hawley, Cruz, Paul, Sanders and Noem as the future of the GOP; Trump: I’ll decide “sometime later” on running in 2024; Trump plans to return to social media on his own platform;

NYC high schools reopen for in-person learning; Philly superintendent worried about long-term effects of online learning in kids: “the regression has occurred”; Philadelphia lets some kids return to classrooms 2x a week; Philadelphia high schooler describe mental health struggles after a year of remote learning;

Dallas Bishop known as a peacemaker dies of COVID-19;

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Biden meets goal of 100M shots in 100 days today (day 58); One-on-one with Senior WH Covid Adviser Andy Slavitt; Biden and Harris meet with Asian American leaders in Atlanta; Gov. Cuomo’s Counsel: It is in the Gov’ts right to share redated employment records; U.S. to China: Respect global norms or face “more violent” world; Biden sends Senator to Ethiopia amid “humanitarian crisis”; Mar 19, 2021

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CDC cuts distance needed in schools to 3 feet from 6 feet; Teacher’s unions skeptical of CDC change to distancing guidance; More states relax restrictions as experts warn of variants; U.S. averaging 2.5 million vaccine shots a day; WH says it may not be best messenger to convince reluctant Trump voters to get coronavirus vaccine; Biden urges Congress to pass COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act; Officials release names of all eight victims; FBI Director doesn’t think race played a role in shootings, Atlanta mayor says it likely did; Thousands of civilians believed to be killed, others forced to flee their homes in escalating Ethiopian crisis; Heartbreaking accounts from victims reveal how rape is used as a weapon of war in the Tigray region of Ethiopia; New Yorker: Top staffers of NY Gov. made efforts to discredit his first accuser by leaking her personal file; Gov. Cuomo accuser: Investigators asked “very pointed questions”; New Yorker: NY Gov. Cuomo joked about wanting to “mount” female staffer; China rep calls Secy of State comments “condescending”;

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Biden: Will meet goal of 100M shots in 100 days tomorrow, on day 58; Asian American communities on edge after shootings; FBI releases new videos of insurrectionists assaulting officers; Putin invites Biden to virtual talks, after Biden calls him a killer; CNN follows migrant children along U-S Mexico border; Mar 18, 2021

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Biden touts progress as U.S. nears 100M shots under his presidency; Official: CDC is expected to update physical distancing guidance for schools to three feet instead of six feet tomorrow; Biden admin considers sending AstraZeneca doses to Canada, Mexico; Fauci: We are in a race between vaccines and variants; Dr. Fauci, Sen. Paul get in tense exchange over masks; Atlanta Police “don’t have a position” on if shootings were a hate crime, say “nothing is off the table”; Cherokee County Sheriff’s spokesman allegedly posted racist, anti-Asian photo online; House holds hearings on hate crimes against Asian communities; GOP Rep. Roy invokes lynching in hearing on hate crimes; FBI asks public to help identify suspects who violently assaulted officers on January 6th; McCarthy claims he never backed Trump push to overturn election; Putin wishes Biden “good health” without “irony” after Biden calls Putin a killer; Biden’s un-Trumpian approach to taking on Russia and China; Diapers, children’s clothing litter path to border crossing;

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Cuomo accuser calls impeachment inquiry cynical and corrupt; Atlanta shooting suspect charged with eight counts of murder; 14 states report new cases at least 10% higher than last week; Biden: Putin “will pay a price” for undermining 2020 election Mar 17, 2021

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Cuomo response to Biden: that’s true, if you committed a crime you can be prosecuted; CDC director won’t say if she believes President Trump is responsible for 500,000 American Covid deaths; Biden on vaccine hesitancy: “why don’t you be a patriot and protect other people?”; 14 states report new cases at least 10% higher than last week; CDC: strains first detected in California are “variants of concern”; Biden to would-be migrants: “don’t come… don’t leave your town”; Migrant children staying on mats on the floor, some children have not seen sunlight in days; Biden reiterates pledge to raise taxes on Americans making $400k+; Asian-Americans on high alert after Atlanta-area shootings; Sheriff: suspect was “at the end of his rope,” had a “really bad day”; Shooting suspect charged with eight counts of murder; Biden: Putin “will pay a price” for undermining 2020 election; U.S. intel: Russia used Trump allies to influence 2020 election; Minnesota pipeline sparks environmental concerns, already 40% built; Climate activists call for Minnesota pipeline to be shut down; 36-year-old hospice nurse dies from coronavirus

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