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with black men and women of color leading at higher rates forgot that today there will be a meeting to examine the gender pay gap. this includes the u. s. women's nationalsoccer star, megan rapinoe. president biden and dr. jill biden will also meet with the team. >> the convenience store chain known for slurpee sent big gulp is opening a taco drive- through. 711 is opening up a laredo taco location with a drive-through in dallas. typically you would find laredo taco products inside the stores. it includes an assortment of side dishes. customers will also be able to order slurpee's. amid the pandemic making a drive-through is an easy and safe way to get food. >> >>> in case anyone has ever had a 711 or pick one up for me it is a coke slurpee. i do not want cherry. nothing blew.'s >> you do not want to mix? >> no. you mix things when you are eight. you also drink slurpee's when you are eight. just saying. >> i don't know about that. >> i have not had one in a long time. there is not of 7-eleven near me. i have to go a town over. >> not a whole town over. >>> yes. a whole town town you know, when you are in the cramped suburbs that is a long way, it has to

s. res. 123, national women's history month. i ask unanimous consent that the judiciary committee be discharged from further consideration and the senate now proceed to s. res. 123. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. res. 123, designating march, 2021, as national women's history month. the presiding officer: is there objection to proceeding to the motion? to the measure? without objection. the c is discharged and the senate will proceed to the measure. mr. king: i ask unanimous consent that the resolution be agreed to, the preamble be agreed to, and that the motions to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table. the presiding officer: without objection. mr. king: s. res. 123, american indian alaska native and native hawaiian women in the united states. i ask unanimous consent that the indian affairs committee be discharged from further consideration and the senate now proceed to s. res. 125. the presiding officer: the clerk will report. the clerk: s. res. 125, recognizing the heritage, culture,

national urban league, because vernon jordan served as our fifth president in the challenging days of the 1970's. and from all across the nation over the last several days, we've heard from men and women, young and old, who vernon's leadership touched. and i'm here today to represent each and every one of them. john lewis, ct vivian, hank aaron, sicily tyson -- cicely tyson, and no vernon jordan have now been called to the stairway of heaven. and why do we love vernon jordan so much? because he was bold. he was a blunt. he was funny. he was smart. he was wise. he was authentically black. and he could cuss. [laughter] but he cussed with melody, with harmony, and with rhythm. that's the vernon we know and the vernon we love. but as we love vernon, how should we remember vernon jordan? his wonderful and powerful accomplishments from civil rights to the boardrooms, from k street to wall street. we can remember his 80 plus honorary degrees. but i think what we have heard today is that we should remember vernon jordan as a man for others. a man who dedicated his life in many ways. he was a man for others in 1961, when he walked those two students into a previously segregated university of g

small business owners, attacked s on some of the most vulnerable people in our nation, the elderly, low-wage workers and women. in fact, asian-american women suffered twice as many attacks as asian american men. we are learning again what we have always known, words vice have consequences. it is the coronavirus, full stop. the conversation we had today with the aapi leaders and we are hearing all the country is that hate and violence hide in plain sight and met with silence. that has been true throughout our history, but that has to change because our silence is compliciting. -- complicity. we cannot be complicit. s we have to speak out and have to act. in my first week in office, i signed an executive order directing federal agencies to combat this resurgence of xenophobia. the department of justice and is strengthening its partnership with the aapi community to prevent these crimes, in addition to other work to take on violent extremism and domestic terrorism. calling on congress and pass to get to my desk the covid-19 hate crimes act. the house just past reauthorization for the violence against women act,

women�*s in general. scotland have named their squad for friday�*s six nations match against france in paris.ame, so there�*s talk about a british and irish lions side, hopefully it means that other governing bodies will start to say we need to do more to support our women�*s side. there�*s a chance that the families of athletes taking part in the olympics and paralympics will be able to travel to japan to watch the games after all. all overseas fans have been barred from tokyo this summer because of covid concerns and though organisers say that includes competitors�* family members at the moment, they are discussing the possibility of making exceptions. after losing the t20 series against india, england�*s cricketer�*s have moved onto pune where the one—day series starts tomorrow. it�*s largely the same squad and althouthofra archer misses out with an ongoing elbow issue there could be some fresh faces coming into the eleven it will present opportunities for guys who have not necessarily a jet and have been away from home, travelling and not playing his really difficult, motivation two words

nation norm right. women on the pounds to date on arts and culture on d w. s 3 d. counts for us and for our planet. little ideas is on its way to bring you more concert. how do we make city scream how can we protect habitats and what to do with all our waste. we can make a difference by choosing small new solutions overstrained said you know where you see. google ideas come into a series of little towns and on g.w. and almost. right now what we have to do is to do everything we can to get out of the fundamental use of the chinese communist party with the use of the global public as of today we are not set up to signal old countries why has there been no formal and public protest about china withholding the data you off fall why don't you explain that to me we are they've been focused on saving life the world health organization is on the fall for the government in its own gifts over again and with china during the pandemic many think it's been too soft on beijing for them to win.

women�*s fa cup will resume on the 31st of march. the competition was stopped injanuary because of the third national lockdown with �*non—elite�* football05 on day one. at stumps india were 26 for1 in reply. ben stokes top scored with 55, but said it�*s one of the toughest days he�*s experienced with the bat. i have played 70 something games now and this is the hardest conditions i have faced at the batsman and i played all around the world so yeah, i don�*t think it�*s a case of finding it in your own time and not about this is what we need to do better to improve. so what could the second day�*s play in india bring? here�*s our cricket reporter henry moeran. this time, on a pitch much better suited they have gone for where i spent heavy attacks. whether it deteriorates enough to make a bit more of an impact than lisa said to me and a limited time on the first day we will wait and see. the suggestion from what we have seen it it�*s going to be a lot harder than it was last time out. staying with cricket and the pakistan super league has been suspended until later in the year after seven players, including england�*s tom banton tested p

sarah�*s disappearance has highlighted the fear that many women feel while walking alone. the government say they are developing a new nationalinst women and girls. we do recognise this needs to be a focus. i think my reaction to all of the media coverage over the last few days, listening to the hundreds of stories, about women feeling unsafe is that we do need to do more. more flowers are laid for sarah, expressing the shock and anger felt by the community here. simonjones, bbc news, ashford. organisers of a vigil planned for tomorrow evening on clapham common are going to court after police said the event couldn�*t go ahead because of lockdown rules. 0ur correspondent dominic casciani is at the royal courts ofjustice. so there is obvious pressure to allow the vigil to go ahead, but the decision resting with the courts. yes, potentially that is the case, this is effectively a diy body that has come together to express its outrage at the disappearance of sarah everard, this terrible crime. they said they had initial talks with the metropolitan police to have a virtual go—ahead in london, there were plans for other vigils in o

s lando norris pipped him to third by a fraction of a second. sarah hunter returns to captain england women for their six nations title defence.squad for the upcoming tournament. england completed their second consecutive grand slam in november, but the 2020 tournament was hit by postponements and cancellations amid the coronavirus pandemic. hunter was out with injury as the red roses sealed their 16th six nations title against italy, but she is back to lead the group for the 2021 tournament. and the men's six nations finally ends tonight. scotland's trip to france was postponed last month, due to a covid—19 outbreak in the french camp. and this one will now determine who wins the trophy. after beating wales last saturday to deny them the grand slam, the french can now snatch the title too, if they can score at least four tries against scotland and win by 21 points or more. however, the scots have been wound up, by all the talk about france being champions and hope to win themselves with a bonus point, which would mean their best ever 6 nations finish of second. we read a quote from one of the players saying that they've got a

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s organisers. sarah's disappearance has highlighted the fear that many women feel while walking alone. the government say they are developing a new nationale violence against women and girls. we do recognise this needs to be a focus. i think my reaction to all of the media coverage over the last few days, listening to the hundreds of stories, thousands of stories about women feeling unsafe, is that we do need to do more. more flowers are laid for sarah, expressing the shock and anger felt by the community here. simonjones, bbc news, ashford. well, let's hear that update from assistant commisioner of the metropolitan police, nick ephgrave as he confirmed the body found in kent was that of sarah everard. as you know, on wednesday evening detectives investigating the disappearance of sarah everard discovered a body secreted in woodland in kent. the body has now been recovered and a formal identification procedure has been undertaken. i can now confirm that it is the body of sarah everard. clearly, sarah's family have been updated with this most distressing news and i just want to pause for a moment and say that my thoughts and prayers and th

sarah�*s disappearance has highlighted the fear that many women feel while walking alone. the government say they are developing a new nationalhgrave, as he confirmed the body found in kent was that of sarah everard. as you know, on wednesday evening detectives investigating the disappearance of sarah everard discovered a body secreted in woodland in kent. the body has now been recovered and a formal identification procedure has been undertaken. i can now confirm that it is the body of sarah everard. clearly, sarah�*s family have been updated with this most distressing news and i just want to pause for a moment and say that my thoughts and prayers and those of the entire organisation remain with her and with them at this most awful time. specialist officers remain in constant contact with sarah�*s family and will continue to support them throughout the investigation and beyond. that investigation continues at pace and we have hundreds of officers working around the clock to establish the full circumstances of her disappearance and her murder. a man remains in custody in a london police station on suspicion of committing those

president of the statewide pennsylvania organization and in the late 70's i was elected president of the national organization for womened three terms and in 1987 we formed the feminist majority foundation, a group of us. in some ways it does the same work, but we are not chapter based, more project-based and we work closely with many other women's groups on various issues. host: where are we today when it comes to women's rights? is it where you thought we would be by 2021 when you first got involved in this movement? eleanor: it's taken longer than i thought. we have made gains, when we started we were like 3% of the members of congress were women, now we are in the high 20%'s, 27%. we have a woman vice president and many opportunities. this is the most integrated cabinet a president has appointed. i can remember when we were fighting for two or three women in the cabinet, now we have almost a parody and we have many more women of color which is great. it's been a hard road. nothing has been easy. the violence against women bill should be a no-brainer and we should have ratified that automatically. now we are having

however, does impact women and children the most mine with thes shutting down in the early 80's come the cleanup that has begun in the early 2000's -- 2008 is when the navajo nationd the first five-year cleanup plan with the u.s. agencies working together. however, the cleanup is poorly funded and it is not up to standards that would be acceptable in white communities. today we are dealing with, like i said, i hundred 23 abandoned mine sites but the contamination to our water resources which had implications with, 19 and right now this is one of the issues right now, the lack of water. the contamination of water, water quality, and water on a deep our issues because uranium mining, which is one industry that impacted us -- there was a lot of impacts from the coal ming that occurred. for the federal government to be depending on settlements from companies is just not enough. the federal government is the responsible party and needs to foot the bill for the method -- as it made for defense purposes. i work specifically on issues of new their colonialism and right now we are being harvested because of this idea that nuclear power is going to be a so-called solution

women have experienced the pandemic. the study from the office for national statistics says the death toll has been higher among men,while women have taken on more unpaid housework and childcare duties. let�*sework than men, and have also taken on the bulk of home—schooling. i know that you and i probably hear in our imaginations thousands of women shouting at the tv at the moment, tell us something we don�*t know, but the 0ns says the personal well—being of women has also suffered over the past year, and particularly that burden of home—schooling. now, by february of this year, more than half of those surveyed felt that that burden of home—schooling is affecting their well—being, and women have also experienced feelings of anxiety, of loneliness, depression, and fears about the virus throughout the pandemic, according to the 0ns, often much more so than for men. the ons often much more so than for men. the 0ns obviously shines a light on the stats around things, but is it possible to ascertain the reasons for the differences between how the sexes have been affected? bside for the differences between how the sexes have been affected? aside from the rather traditional _ sexes have been affec

the office for national statistics has given up its case over how a person�*s sex is defined in the census. a feminist campaign group, fair play for womenle or female�* question by using documents including a passport. a judicial review was to take place tomorrow. however, the 0ns has now agreed that sex for the purposes of the census is defined by a birth certificate or gender recognition certificate. it�*s agreed to pay the group�*s costs. prolific burglars, robbers and thieves are to be tagged with gps trackers in a bid to stop them re—offending. 250 offenders who have served at least a year in prison will have to wear the device for up to 12 months after being released. the ministry ofjustice scheme is being trialled in areas including humberside, the west midlands and gwent. energy customers could get an automatic annual refund if they overpay their gas and electricity providers by direct debit. the regulator, 0fgem, wants to limit the amount of customer credit which suppliers can hold — and is proposing an average return of £65 per household. suppliers say they�*ll look at the plans "in detail". you are watching bbc news, don�*t f

national organization for women said, quote, an e.r.a. properly interpreted would negate the hundred os laws that restrict access to abortion. abortion act vithses successfully litigated using state e.r.a.'s in both new mexico and connecticut to compel tax payers to pay for abortions on demand. last year, justice ruth bader ginsburg spoke on the legal impermissible of extending the deadline for ratification and said we should start over. i couldn't agree m. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields. the gentlewoman reserves. the gentlewoman from california is recognized. mrs. torres: madam speaker, i ask unanimous consent to insert into the record a march 16 "usa today" opinion piece from activist do lohrs rewortham and others entitled "there is no deadline on women's equality." add equal rights amendment to the constitution. madam speaker, covid im-- covid's impact on women shows the continued need for equality. we have the power to remove the e.r.a.'s ratification deadline and make it a reality. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlewoman -- does the gentlewoman reserve? the gentlewoman reserves. the gentlewoman from minnesota is recognized. mrs. fischb

nation will catapult the sense of sensible, lawful guidance through many issues and many will impose this infringement into private spaces for women in unfair competition. grove city, ohio. caller: back in the 1960'sone of the psychology courses i was taking, we had a book written by john sm money, named man boy woman girl. in it there are biological pictures of people's genitalia, ok? you don't see the other part of their bodies, just the genitalia. you want to know something? some of these people have both vaginas and penises, ok? your audience that keeps calling in and keeps saying that it's a woman or a man, nature doesn't differentiate that well and neither does god. a lot of people are getting hung up on the god thing, thinking that god only makes women and men and stuff like that. when you talk about god, i always wonder, what if this is god. host: the policy counsel, section one, advancing gender, equity, and equality as a matter of human rights, they say. it's a strategic imperative that reduces -- that increases access to education, improves health outcomes, fostering democracy. the full participation of all people, women and girls across all aspects of society is essential to the econom

the office for national statistics has given up its case over how a person�*s sex is defined in the census. he a campaign group, fair play for woment sex for the purposes of the census is defined by a birth certificate or gender recognition certificate. it�*s agreed to pay the group�*s costs. the census of course we are all meant to fill in on sunday. prolific burglars, robbers and thieves are to be tagged with gps trackers in a bid to stop them re—offending. 250 offenders — who have served at least a year in prison — will have to wear the device for up to 12 months after being released. the ministry ofjustice scheme is being trialled in areas including humberside, the west midlands and gwent. the former racing driver sabine schmitz has died, at the age of 51. she is the only woman to have won the nurburgring21t hours — a 11t—mile circuit often described as the toughest in the world. sabine schmitz appeared on top gear alongsidejeremy clarkson, and became part of the show�*s presenting team in 2015. last year, she revealed she�*d been diagnosed with cancer in 2017. tiger woods has left hospital, after suffering serious injuries in

women�*s international tournament to start in 2023. it will be called wxv, and the aim is to increase competitiveness in the build—up to an expanded world cup two years later. as six nationsg to the news from the swedish fa on social media by saying, "the return of the god." badminton player gabby adcock has been forced to miss the upcoming all—england championships because she�*s suffering from long covid. she fell ill at christmas but described the effects as "horrendous". she and her husband chris have won two commonweath golds and two european championship titles and they�*re missing what is a big event in the build—up to the tokyo olympics. the bottom line is, i wasn�*t and am not ready to compete yet, and i don�*tjust want to not ready to compete yet, and i don�*t just want to step not ready to compete yet, and i don�*tjust want to step on court when i and not conditioned to win, and that is what i want, going into and that is what i want, going into a tournament, knowing that i can win. you just have to be patient with this virus. but i am just really grateful that i feel my health is definitely on the way up. british number one dan evans has been knocked out in th