my name is gabe from the white house and my other white house colleague howard and i would like to provide a detail update on what the biden and harris administration is doing to address the rise of anti- asian hate that they mentioned in their remarks. in the first week in office present biden signed a presidential memorandum condemning and combating racism, xenophobia against asian americans here in the united states. as john said in the first time address to the nation the president also condemned anti- asian violence as un-american and called on every single american -- following the tragic murder of the individuals in atlanta six of which included women of asian descent and the president and vice president went to atlanta to meet with asian american leaders to denounce the anti- asian violence and the gender-based violence. additionally senior white house officials from the policy counsel, office of public engagement, office of intergovernmental affairs and the general policy council often convened roundtables and listening sessions with asian american leaders across the country to di

we are especially pleased that two officials from the white house howard oh, director of office of engagement and to avoid the associate director of the office of eternal governmental affairs. they're going to brief us on some of what president biden's actions to responded to anti- asian violence. in the real leader and friend and conference of mayors and past president printed elisabeth who will discuss her thoughts the current situation and what she's been doing to make the aa pi feel safe pretty so let's get on with this. john, the floors yours pretty. >> thank you very much mayor and the mayor fisher for your opening remark. i thought i might do is talk about where we are and how we got here and where we go from here. and i've you have seen the news, they talk about the most recent attacks in new york. and obviously the murders in atlanta. so what we are saying over the past year in terms of where we are is organizations that are wanting to stop the hate in america and investing justice who are about more than 4500 reports. voluntary reports of anti- asian attacks of this past year. since

stay with us. ♪♪ ♪ howard: the white house is still refusing to call the mess at the border a crisis even after president biden slipped and used the term, and reporters have been pressing jen psaki about it for weeks. >> so how can you say that's not a crisis? >> the president does not feel that children coming to our border seeking refuge from violence is a crisis. howard: but now politico has decided to swear off the c word as well n. a memo reported by the washington examiner, staff were told avoid■ç referring to e situation as a crisis. although we may quote others using that context. a political challenge for the biden administration and a dire situation for many migrants who make the journey, it does not fit the dictionary definition of a crisis. a politico spokeswoman is quoted as saying people were being given ap-style guidance. but with 14,000 unaccompanied minors having crossed the board, come on. lebron james committed a hard foul and a dumb one in the case of that columbus police officer who fatally shot 16-year-old ma'khia bryant while she was attacking another girl w

howard university in 1924. thomas spent most of her life teaching art in dc public schools, and it was actually not until her retirement in the 1960s that thomas became a well known painter at which point she was in her 70s, which i think is amazing. thomas was a part of the washington dc color school a group of abstract expressionist known for their work with colorful shapes and on the next slide. we'll see her 1966 work resurrection. it hangs in the family dining room in this photograph and it came to the white house during the obama administration and honor of black history month next slide. and now i'd like to talk about a fascinating woman sculptor who's featured in the white house collection named adelaide johnson. now johnson has a very interesting back story. she was born in illinois in 1859 and she trained as an artist and a woodworker at the saint louis school of design. as a young woman. she moved to chicago to further her education at the chicago school of art, but she lost the money that she had sa

i'm howard kurtz and this is media buzz. ♪ howie: ahead we'll talk to former white house spokesman hogan gidley and glenn greenwald. president biden was on espn when he took a swing at a political pitch, whether major league baseball should retaliate against georgia for a new voting law that critics call highly restrictive. >> what do you think about the possibility that baseball decides to move the all-star game out of atlanta because of this political issue? >> i think today's professional athletes are acting incredibly responsibly. i would strongly support them doing that. howie: the next day the league prodded by the player's union did just that, yanking the game out of atlanta. joining us now to analyze the coverage, kat timpf. and liz claman, who hosts the claman countdown on fox business. kat, should espn have asked president biden about the all-star game? the network has drawn flak in the past for being too political and too liberal and do you think biden weighing in emboldened major league baseball to make the move? >> it may have. i'm not surprised. espn as you've said has more

is a enormous cloud as for the governor robert sanchez is included former white house advisor scott alton. republican governor talked about the fallout from lockdowns and school closings and criticized mack mandates. >> at dr. buttes and mentioned about not putting masks on kids is not effective, not necessary. >> they don't need it for their own protection and they don't need to for predicting other people either. >> that youtube violated the consensus of local and global health authorities regarding the efficacy of masks to prevent the spread of covid-19. the santos spokesman santos spokesman told fox news that youtube's attempts to silence those who disagree with their own corporate agenda recording world-renowned scientist from oxford, stanford command harvard. the journals conservative paid for overwhelming misinformation is information that contradicts authorities. most experts say masks work against covid, but that view has been debated for a year. >> as they suggested for a period of time, but this is voluntary. i don't think i'm going to be doing it. >> resident trump remains ban

in the white house. >> is a complicated story but effectively, what agents of the forest service came to believe his epitaph administration was releasing public lands to a syndicate out of new york city. >> richard ballenger was the president's secretary of the interior. pinchot and his allies indicated him in the alaska scandal. to blame taft for not firing him. >> he is basically accusing his superiors of corruption. he's basically telling the president of united states that he is not doing his job. he is doing it publicly. >> unable to resolve this rift in the admin and, taft fired pinchot. >> he should have been fired for insubordination because he was insubordinate. >> he was upbeat about his dismissal. he campaigned for conservation. at forest service headquarters, for a rallying or will speech, his employees were apprehensive. >> they understood that he created this entity and to have him leave under the circumstances was awful because it was not clear to them whether the agency would continue once it's charismatic creator had disappeared. >> what we have a forest service we di

in the white house. >> it is a complicated story, but what agents of the forest service came to believe is the taft administration was releasing public plans to a significant out of -- syndicate out of new york city. narrator: -- secretary of the interior. pinchot and his allies implicated ballenger in the alaska scandal to blame taft for not firing him. >> he is basically accusing his superiors of corruption. he is basically telling the president of the u.s. he is not doing his job, and he is doing it publicly. narrator: unable to resolve the rift within his administration, taft fired pinchot. >> he should have been fired for insubordination, because he was insubordinate. narrator: pinchot was defiant and publicly upbeat about his dismissal. it allowed him to campaign openly for the cause of conservation. but at forest service headquarters, where he gave a rallying farewell speech, his employees were apprehensive. >> they understood he had created this entity, and to have him leave under these circumstances was awful, because it wasn't clear whether or not the agency would continue onc

a recent poll by pip slate found 46% of americans would support him if he runs for the white house. 30,000 people were survey there had. in response, the rock wrote in a tweet "not sure our founding fathers ever envisioned a 6'4", bald, tattooed, half black, half samoan, tequila drinking pickup truck driving, fanny pack wearing guy joining their club, but if it ever happens, it would be my honor to serve the people." how cool is that? add all those things together, it is kind of funny. you never know, right, kari? >> you never know. we'll see. >>> all right, let's get a look at our temperatures today, and it's going to be a nice one, and along the coastline, still breezy and cool, temperatures reaching into the upper 50s and low 60s. some upper 60s for the bay, and some upper 70s for the valleys, so today we have a nice spread in temperatures, but the dry weather does continue as high pressure builds and stays across the region, and as it moves in a little bit closer by the end of the week, our temperatures come up a few more degrees but still, no major changes here, as we've seen the dry

in the history of vaccine passports with howard martel. wash c-span's washington journal live at seven eastern monday morning and be sure to join the discussion with your phone calls, facebook comments, texts, and tweets. announcer: monday, the closing argument in the derek chauvin trial. watch our live coverage on c-span2 at 10:00 a.m.. listen with the c-span radio app. if you listen -- miss our wiped -- our live coverage watch on -- watch at 8 p.m. eastern on c-span2. ve, the delegate or the district of columbia, eleanor holmes norton. welcome to washington journal. guest: thank you. great to be with you this morning. host: your bill on d.c. statehood is hr 51. it is likely ready for a vote, possibly early next week in the u.s. house. tell us why d.c. should be a state. guest: yes. 54 -- 54% of the u.s. people believe