. >> let us go to jonathan, "huffington post." jonathan: i have a follow-up on that because i also happen to be based in michigan where the numbers are looking scary. this is for dr. walensky, i think. you mentioned in your statement that it might be time to sort of have some clear guidance on afterschool activities or staying out of indoor sports. should states like michigan have stronger guidance? should we be looking at a pause, in restaurants, or guidance to stay out of indoor dining? should that be coming from the state? does the cdc have any plans, or are you considering stronger guidance that when the numbers are spiking like they are, especially with the possibility of vaccines and being in this race feeling like we are close but falling behind. i am wondering if there should be more aggressive guidance. dr. walensky: as i mentioned we have been in close touch. our guidance on youth sports is pretty articulate with regard to substantial or high transmission and the activity should be happening outdoors and more than six fe

she is a senior editor for huffington post where she focused on courts and judicial nominations. previously reporting for roll call at on the texas legislature for gallery watch in austin texas. please welcome jen. jen: welcome to today's acs panel. i am jen bendery. you can use the q&a function to send any questions during the panel. i will try to pick up some to go and save the rest for the end. finally, whatever this means, i am required to tell you, one hour of california cle credit is available for this call. email info with court reform in the subject line to receive your credit. if you are in a jurisdiction other than california pencil rules in that -- consult the rules in that state. i have no idea what this means. cla materials will be shared with all participant in a follow-up email. let's move on to our panelist. congress that mondaire jones is a freshman democrat from new york. he represents -- he went to stanford and worked in the department of justice. and he worked to perform our criminal and legal system to make it more fair and equitable. then he went to harvard

host: there was an argument against nonpartisan primaries in the huffington post. i want to read a couple of paragraphs and have you addressed concerns that they bring up against nonpartisan primaries. "why should anybody not part of a political party had any voice in deciding who will be the leaders to represent that party in the contest for political office? if someone doesn't want to affiliate, they can participate in the general election which is open to all registered voters, then choose among the options divided by the parties. they get to choose among the candidates put forward by those citizens who, unlike them, have come together to achieve some common goals for the organization of their political party. i am not a member of the writing for -- rotary club, lyons, or any organization, and i would not claim any right to tell them who their leader should be. why should a democrat or independent have a right to tell republicans, for example, who their leader should be? what is your response to that? guest: we should have a congress of 535 americans. people who

earlier this week in the wake of acquisition "huffington post" laid off dozens of journalists due to declining advertising revenue. unfortunately, they are not alone. last year digital publishers furlowed or laid off reporters. more people are online like ever before and all-time readership is at an all-time home. also in the wake of the pandemic when local journalism is more important than ever. i quote we are truly facing an extinction level event for local news, end quote. if this trend continues, we risk permanently compromising the news organizations that are essential to our communities, holding the government and corporations accountable and sustaining our democracy. in response to these concerns, the subcommittee examined the effect of market power, market power of the largest technology platforms on the survival of free and diverse press as part of our bipartisan investigation last congress. during our inquiry, we received evidence about the significant and growing aassimtry of power between several dominant online platforms and news publishers. submissions and testimony bef

. >> some more mentions noted last night, this from the huffington post. a potential sign of the focus is shifting, covid, coronavirus, virus, vaccine, those words got a combined 24 mentions. on the foreign policy front, this from cbs news, china, four times during the speech. beijing, one time during the speech. in a sign that all politics is local, this is the front page of the pittsburgh tribune-review. president biden name checks pittsburgh in speech in congress, talking about wind turbines being made in pittsburgh. after the speech there is always the debate about what did not get mentioned. this from kevin brady saying here's what he forgot to mention. on day one he revoked the border wall construction, return to the failed obama era set -- era policy of catch and release. some criticism on the border issue coming from the democratic side of the aisle. senator mark kelly sang while i share the urgency in fixing our broken immigration system, what i did not hear was a plan to address the immediate crisis on the border. i will continue holding this adm