in our 360 panel from a georgia state representative da da can take over and republican strategist ned ryan thank you so much for joining me today good thing you know i'm going to call out and that's a hard question 1st ned was the coronavirus the reason why donald trump lost re-election. 0100 percent i mean scotty i don't think people really understand how close 2020 was you take those 444-5000 votes to decide wisconsin arizona georgia is 37 electoral votes take him out of biden's common also and you end up with 826-9269 tie i mean this was razor thin so of course coronavirus was a massive impact on the 2020 lashes but there are a couple dynamics i want to highlight i mean trump obviously there were some problems of his own making and it even comes down to just showing some more basic empathy towards the actual virus in those suffering from it which which could have been done and he didn't do it quite like i wanted him to but i don't think he realized in time how much he was being politicized and weaponized against him and he didn't hit back like he should have there were some of us i

well certainly ned price there the spokesperson for the u.s. state department choosing his words carefully with respect to the efforts of the united states on a couple of fronts 1st you talk about that letter that was sent by the state department to. the afghan government sensually reminding them that there is a deadline that is imminent that may 1st looms very close on the horizon in terms of a possible withdrawal of some troops and so as a result there is an eagerness to see some sort of reconciliation or proposal for a possible power sharing agreement between the taliban and afghan leaders and you heard there the discussions of the united states in their efforts to try and facilitate that to include the visit to the region by the u.s. ambassador and also an outreach to pocket ston so critical in terms of seeking a commitment not only to work for communication but a commitment for peace so this is all something that is highly of great importance to the united states right now you heard here there the efforts to kind of try and facilitate that

of american majority ned sometimes we have segments where you come on as a politician there giving your political analysis on times we come on as a historian i'm actually coming to you 1st about as a father and a person who has to actually be a part of society and see how the influences on your kids what was your initial thought on this product when it 1st went viral over the weekend. you know my 1st thought scottie was if you wanted to know if there were any evidence that our culture has shown a strong song to the point of 0 shame this example a thank leverage my kids you know that they understand what's taking place but still the fact that this would even be considered in society this is a problem scotty that we have today in this culture in our society that we've left behind the idea that there might be absolutes that there might be a right and a wrong and we find ourselves in and i'm moral morass where we get you know people lose their minds over mr potatoes gender and they kind of shrug at the whole statement you incident and a video that's appalling in which the rapper is literall

but not a cheat sheet in a can and ned f. and the old those out ahead of the cheeky. little cause move imo the whole song that simple homage will be a raja found to his dying day. but he's passed his role as an ultra on to the next generation. as a founder of the ultras the battles with the authorities remain strong and his memories. even anybody can imagine and fish can fly and. in the office at. the same you know that i'm not going to ask for some crack even if i'm on the way on anybody's medical calendar here and that. the police now require all the photos to be submitted to them before they can be displayed. recently a prominent ultra was arrested when released the proper razzi rushed to photograph him. whatever took place during his detention he renounced his status as an ultra and has never explained why. nestled in the birthplace of russia has a blank site runs a cafe and store catering to the fans. a list of them still follow up on the hill and yet. once he found the premises site put out a request for team photos to decorate the place the response from the co

and one of the things to realize is, ned comes on every quarter and ned is always like, i think it's going to be pretty good no, he exploded this time. he was like man is it coming together and you know, ned is a great barometer because he is a very steady cfo, and i just feel like, you know, you could barely contain the man. there's a lot of good things happening at twitter they are getting, remember, they had something like 40 out of 44, maybe, i'm sorry if i get the ned wrong, ned will tweet me quickly, but i do think that they will, ned, go ahead, go ahead, they crushed it, in the, at the super bowl, and if you want to start a campaign, people go to twitter, and this has been an amazing time, because a lot of people felt that when the real donald trump left twitter, it would hurt. nope, it helped. i think that people feel twitter has been very good at getting rid of hate. really good at getting rid of, trying to get rid of bullying. are they there perfectly not yet. but they're doing a great job. and i think that what matters is that the daily average users are pretty good. i thi

connecticut governor ned lamont on his decision to loosen restrictions, next. lamont on his decision to loosen restrictions, next are you packed yet? our flight is early tomorrow. and it's a long flight too. once we get there, we will need... buttercup! ♪ >>> effective next wednesday, all businesses of any type are allowed to open 100%. [ applause ] also, i am ending the statewide mask mandate. [ cheers and applause ] >> this new order removes all of our county mask mandates and allows businesses to operate at full capacity without state-imposed rules or restrictions. >> last week, we were all, i think, taken a little aback when governors greg abbott of texas and tate reeves of mississippi announced they were fully opening businesses and repealing mask mandates, a move president biden referred to as neanderthal thinking, but two days later, connecticut, a blue state that's had around 7,700 covid deaths -- sorry about that -- announced the lifting of many business restrictions as of march 19th. now, connecticut is keeping the mask mandate in place, has been doin

tonight governor ned lamont on his decision to lift covid restrictions in connecticut. when "all in" starts right now. "all in" starts right now. good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. >>> as the biden administration, the democratic congress, and the country as a whole try to claw our way out of an unprecedented set of national crises, the republican party coast to coast has found its mission for the year 2021 -- make it harder for americans to vote. right now we're on track to see the largest rescue bill in recent memory signed into law by president biden this week. it would provide direct relief to americans, billions for vaccination programs, money to reopen schools, keep restaurants open, and not a single republican in either house or the senate has voted for it. instead, after losing the popular vote in seven of the last eight presidential elections going all the way back to 1992, republicans are laser focused on restricting voting access. brennan center's tracking all the state bills aimed at restricting access to the polls. their list includes 253 bills int

of coaching there to the cold medium in the hopes that she would make a documentary about captured ned and its connection to the disability rights movement. in the ca welcome to the stream tell of what he loved doing the connection to come. you know i'm really happy to be here with everybody i'm a documentary filmmaker i have been for 25 years and jim has been the brilliant sound mixer and sound designer that i've worked with and when he brought me this story and started telling me about this you know hippie utopia that existed in which people were really treated equitably and there was like sex and drugs and rock a great time. and that that was connected somehow that kind of experience of liberation was really connected to the spark of the seeds of the disability rights movement i was so moved by the story and what i thought was really special about it was that it was jim's story and i asked him if he would co-direct the film with me and that's how i got involved. good move to have if you could describe. in a sentence which inside job. freedom i think it's a place that i found freedom

he took in damian, dialysis neds and all.ven though prior to the hallway meeting he was a confirmed bachelor who delighted in his child alsoness. >> i did not think i could take them with me and still survive. >> reporter:damian said, right back at you bro. >> i said, yeah, i get out of the hospital. and i was like, my math teacher out of all people. >> reporter: they got along famously, but damian refused to get too excited he saw fairytales fall apatfobe but some team actually do that.t they will like just kick you out. they will be happy with you one day and then just kick you out the next. >> reporter: i suppose only time will let you trust. >> yeah. >> reporter: it's been nearly two years since we first told the story. damian was able to get that transplant and he is now a much healthier, very typical 15-yeaold. >> even though it's been absolutely the hardest t thing have done. nuli otdra t will keep him. >> reporter: a few months ago, fin adopted damian. teacher and student, now father and son. >> to be accepted. feels

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conditioned in the same way tend makes mow sad that there's ad in for them to be conditioned, that there's a ned for mow to have conversations with. that makes me sad and just, yeah. >> well, katrina, grande, hopefully its something your grandchildren, our grandchildren won't have to deal with. >> we can only hope. >> grande you authored a new book called american peacemakers. i know in it you have advice and your experience in working in the obama administration how to respond and prevent it. grande lum and katrina lee, thank you. take care. stay safe. >> thank you, kristen. >> okay. so how did we get he >>> we want to put to asian-americans into historical perspective. history is important. knowing the past helps us understand the present so we can build better future. so if seeing what happens angers you and you want a different future, let's have a conversation. joining usa a former journalist and russell jung of stop aapi hate. russ system and helen, good to see you both. i wish the conversation were different. look, new data shows hate crime is down but not when it comes to asian-americans

well ned rye unhas been watching this closely he is the ceo and founder of american majority.. do you think that accusation you are a racist white supremacist, whatever, does it still have enough force to allow them to grab complete and total power over the country by eliminating the filibuster? >> well, i certainly hope not. but just to go back and look at that comment that was just made by that commentator. it was used 327 times last year by senate democrats alone theyey must be a bunch of big meany pant racist. disingenuous is pretty staggering call it a relic of jim crow since it's been around since 1860. they want to remove the filibuster out of the way far left can reengineer america into their vision of a regressive socialist vision. hr-1 to give americans allusion of self-governance, equalities act. d.c. statehood, packing the courts.el democrats are really shootingt. for perpetual power. they want to be in charge of government for forever, at least for generations. as they are making these totalitarian moves and authoritarian moves as we are calling them out for doing

-- you know, we are bipartisan sometimes -- a democratic governor in my home state of connecticut, nedamont, he is moving in the direction of florida. he's moving away from new york and new jersey. governor lamont announced that, basically, all businesses can reopen to 100% capacity. now, governor lamont will keep the masks on for a while longer, but the 100 capacity is absolutely the key. by the by, texas, only 75% capacity. so, hats off to a democrat going down the right road. here's governor ned lamont today explaining the reasons behind his decision. >> we just figure by march 19th, you know, we're going to have the overwhelming majority of everybody 55 and above vaccinated. that's where 99% of the complications and fatalities are. so we thought it was time to lift the occupancy restrictions but keep in place the masks. larry: all right. keep in place the mask, i don't have a problem with that, frankly. governor lamont has really been a straight, smart shooter on this pandemic business. he organized the vaccines on the basis of age rather than some regulatory the rigamarole produce

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let's talk to ned who's calling from ketchum, idaho, ned. good morning. how are you doing guys? yeah, i was just wondering if you can maybe comment on our current relationship with britain where biden throughout the best on the overall office the churchills, you know. the statue that they gave us after 9/11 um, that's our courses ally. we're actually trying to pivot right now. to our new five guys alliance with australia, new zealand in canada. you know, i in bed and still trying to keep this in this nato thing where we're just yeah, i mean, what do you think? you know, it's a great question. it seems as always with every new administration every new leader either in britain or here in the united states. there's a new chapter that's written about the special relationship and we're writing a new chapter today as far as the bust in the oval office is concerned. you know, i think that you know, the the the statue that was on loan from the british embassy after 9/11 has gone back and forth in and out of the office. there is i happen to know a bust of winston churchill in the white h

. >> joining us now is connecticut governor ned lamont. governor, great to see you.me as, you know, exciting news, but also worrisome news, i think, to people in connecticut, because if restaurants -- here's the list of what's going to be back at full capacity. restaurants, retail restores, libraries, personal services like salons, indoor reck raegs. can you share with us the science behind opening these back to full capacity, because we have heard that restaurants can be super spreaders opening indoors. >> good morning, alisyn. we have been carefully opening since may. all of our schools are now open, most of them for a full-time, five-day-a-week activity. our restaurants and retail have been open at 50%. and given the fact that we have so many people, woefrl 20% have been vaccinated, the vast majority of whom are over 55, where you're most likely to suffer complications or hospitalization are down. we know it works and maintaining the masks and the social distancing reinforces that we're still -- still know that we have a way to go. >> but there won't be social dis

take ned, the guy at the door, for instance. we're good friends and i like him. but that doesn't mean i want him or his sister working in the office with me. >> girls, i don't bother them and they don't bother me. that's the way i aim to keep it. >> where are you working now, mary? >> lane's. at least i was this morning. i might not be this afternoon if i don't get back pretty soon. >> mr. graham should be free in a minute. do you know what he wants to talk about? >> all i know is he asked how badly do i really want to go to work and could i ta to him on my lunch hour. have you any idea? >> put these books away, please, miss thompson. i'm sorry i kept you waiting. would you come inside? it will only take a few minutes. >> good luck. >> thanks. >> has miss thompson been filling your head full of tall tales? why don't you have a seat, please. cigarette? let's see, you've been working in lane's since you got out of high school, right? and now you've graduated from secretarial school. must be pretty rough working during the day and going to school at night, isn't it?

i think that we ned to work harder to ensure that we connect these children with their families. there's a lot of reasons why that's not happening quick enough. >> border patrol is holding more than 16,500 unaccompanied children in custody right now. >>> north korea test fired its first ballistic missiles since president biden took office. you're looking at footage from projectile launches over the last two years. a south korean official said the two short-range missiles were fired early morning from an area on the northeastern coast. u.s. officials said the military is aware of the launch and is monitoring the situation while consulting with allies. >>> dr. rachel levine is the nation's newest assistant secretary of health. she is the first openly transgender person confirmed by the senate to a federal position. the vote yesterday was 52-48 in favor of her confirmation. levine is a pediatrician and previously served under pennsylvania's secretary of health and as physician general. the top health official and top doctor. >>> so coming up, new trouble involving new york governor

i would trade my honor for a few more years -- >> the popular "game of thrones" character ned stark is new life along with others from the hit hbo series. the fictional world is heading to the stage. producers say they hope to bring the "game of thrones" play to broadway, london's west end, and australia in 2023. it will take place 16 years before the hbo series. george r.r. martin, whose books inspired the show, will be involved in the stage production. >>> it was another day of success and failure for spacex. >> three, two, one -- liftoff. >> a spacex starship prototype rocket blasted off successfully yesterday in a test flight from texas. the rocket climbed through dense fog to reach an altitude of about six miles. but just as in the first three test flights, the rocket exploded as it tried to land back on earth. the video froze, but you can still hear the sound of an apparent explosion. spacex founder elon musk tweeted there was an issue with one of the engines. >>> and the final four of the ncaa men's basketball tournament is all set. >> the shot -- off the glass. no! oh, it's ove

connecticut's governor ned lamont joins you now good have you.haps the most attention is eliminating capacity limits in restaurants. i know you will have eight-person table capacity. why are you letting restaurants go to 100% now what did you see that gave you the confidence that that won't result in perhaps more spread of the virus? >> yeah, good morning, carl. we're making that change 100% capacity on march 19th along with stores and houses of worship for a couple of reasons. one, emphasize that which works. masks work six feet of distancing works the difference between 75% and 100% in a restaurant is very difficult to, you know, enforce anyway and we thought, frankly, we have a very low infection riate righ now. plenty of capacity in the hospitals. >> this is the time to make the change. >> it's david, by the way. are you concerned at all that some of the experts, of course, that we follow say, listen, we are still at too high a level in terms of nationwide cases, the u.k. variant is spreading quickly, and we continue to have to be very vigila

mental health disability and people with intellectual disabilities at that point in time at camp to ned those the population of those people with disabilities were not a part of what was happening but now when we look at 2021 things that really exploded across racial lines crossed sexual orientation disability and then the scotians are becoming much more complex and serious and really delving deeper and deeper into what injustice is and what we need to be doing and what we need to be learning about how people are moving forward i want to show a couple of pictures because what you do jim in the color you bust you break down stereotypes you explode them in an hour and 48 minutes so there is love there's lost there's. i mean look here oh. my laptop here there's also which is really revealing jim a hierarchy of how people with disabilities see disability so do you want to share that hierarchy as we go for some of these fantastic there was from from the documentary at the top of the hierarchy and i believe this is slightly tongue in cheek well what disability because these are only things th

state department spokesperson ned price distanced the biden administration from its counterparts in the adnan this government we are committed to fighting corruption in honduras and we will support and work with leaders who are committed to fighting corruption any leader i think it's fair to say fair to say not prepared to combat the corruption won't be in a position to enjoy a close partnership with the united states allegations of criminal conduct against president edmund is have been mounting for years in 2019 a u.s. court convicted the president's younger brother tony of 9 days for cocaine trafficking charges ever heard tell them about the i asked. him about it so you are saying. work or not. this is rather and president can only go up and say that he is headed for a ship and that he used that he was to bring. it out it's. you know it was the. united states government ok for his part the hunter and president has denied any involvement with organized crime taking to twitter on wednesday to deny the latest allegations against him the false testimony of the not because her lobbyist lic

we ned to do a better job anticipating that kind of activity so that we think about the most likely andost dangerous scenarios that we face. with that, we need to plan together, we need to train together, we need to exercise together. we need to have an integrated security plan here for the ncr. as i mentioned in my opening statement about the number of law enforcement organizations that we have here in the ncr and the different jurisdictional responsibilities, we need to bring them together so we know how that we're going to operate in these complex environments that we're facing right now. and then we need to understand the critical capabilities that each of us can bring to that. we need to make sure we have pre-arranged agreements to provide capabilities in a timely fashion. the challenge is when you start from zero and you're faced with the challenges that we were faced on the 6th, collectively, that's a very difficult position to start from. i think if we work at some of those things, i think we can be much more effective. the department of defense really looks forward to working w

let's talk about ned bank, they scrapped the dividend for 2020 and expect to resume payments at the interim later this year. nedbank set a target to improve its return on equity in the medium-term. that is to a level better than 15%. let's get to mike brown. good day to you, let's talk about the dividend. we know the regulator has guidance, but is back of bit recently. what do you hope to achieve by the pause in the dividend? are you confirming that? mike: good morning. in respect of the dividend, we considered the spirits of the guidance notes from the regulators. we ended the year with strong capital and the liquidity positions, stronger than in june. the board decided to retain capital for potential growth opportunities on one hand, but also for potential further risks in vaccine effectiveness and lockdown levels. we do expect to begin repayment of dividends normally. and as always, in this environment, if growth is less than we thought it would be, the risks to the economy and the virus are not more than we thought they were going to be, we retain the opportunity to return that capital

elmo bin and ned. and it's a let's move on and i didn't know she caught up in this day is it safe for you to do city tours like this or do you have to quickly get back into the car. city of. the city as a. lot and it depends currently the situation has gotten worse i a supporter as active again as a fighters from iran turkey and other regions. and before i moved around freely to follow up on projects however right now we need to be more careful in upton and not just the beatles but. bought. the sleeper cells became active after donald trump's decision to withdraw u.s. troops should get. started many killings in the area have targeted civilians as well as the administration then you know that that's that. and so we need to watch out because i love wouldn't want to. see. that are you free to go out. on a mission while i am human after all but i have to be cautious but not too cautious . the fear could affect my work at that i am an alum and they spend their work must go on so i try not to disrupt it and.

state department ned price called the recent electoral reform program that was passed in beijing on thursdayote, a direct attack on hong kong's autonomy, freedoms and processes. on thursday china's parliament passed a new electoral reform plan. it effectively degrades democratic representation and puts in a screening system to screen candidates for patriotism. we know hong kong's top leader carrie lam says it improves the electoral system in hong kong. it will reinforce and strengthen hong kong's standing as a financial hub. we talked to critics and pro democracy advocates, this is another example of china's tightening grip on the territory. kim. >> appreciate the insights as always. cnn's kristie lu stout in hong kong. >>> families are being reunited in the u.k. we'll show you some of the emotional scenes and explain why they're able to happen now. stay with us. rely on the experts at 1800petmeds for the same medications as the vet, but for less with fast free shipping. visit petmeds.com today. >>> new u.s.cdc guidelines lay out what is and isn't safe for fully vaccinated people, meaning th

thanks, ned.enemy of the people went to far, the last bite might change your mind. out here, you're more than just a landowner. you're a gardener. a landscaper. a hunter. because you didn't settle for ordinary. same goes for your equipment. versatile, powerful, durable kubota equipment. more goes into it. so you get more out of it. novelty just the biden administration that has distain the press core does as well. >> why does not the president wrappet up his rhetoric and think about saying here is the deal. you don't wear masks people will die because of you that would get people's attention. >> texas a & m mask he has on? shocking. >> the about the labeling americans disagree as murderers. that would get attention. buddy. >> i do have a question you can ask tomorrow the "wall street journal" reported that andrew cuomo's top aids requested changes to a covid-19 report that resulted in the death toll the nursing homes significantly under counted. i know shannon the fox news at night team will take

that in my mind was something i ned to speak out on and something i believe is not so much that it'sreated a new problem. it exposed an underlying problem that was there for a long, long, long time. >> it certainly did, but there was no coronavirus before this president, and so president's words also carry a lot of weight, and even christopher wray spoke about what has been happening with the asian-americans as well and the fbi has been taking it seriously. as we move forward, jeremy, what would you like to see done? >> i think at the end of the day more people spend time listen and hearing than judging and condemning. i would love the see cross cultural solidarity. i would love to see people supporting, you know, anti-racism not just in one people group but across the board. and so one thing i have been doing is i have been donating money for every single three-pointer i hit, and one of the organizations that i'm donating to -- and i'm planning to highlight more organizations -- are these organizations that do cross culture work, that have to do with racism and justice. that's somet

scandal is especially bad with 2 regional elections taking place on sunday the votes in the states of ned and bob in the back will be the 1st of 7 elections in germany this year that will call me named in a general election in september. your news that's it for me of the news. business news that's coming up next. why did this person. there or. not that can be.