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President Says Root Causes Need To
Florida House Republicans Have Gone Crazy: Abruptly End Session
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Be Address For Violent Uprisings
According to President Obama, it is time for America to “do some soul-searching” after seeing the way Black people have been killed by po- lice as well as the response to the violence against people of color.
In a carefully planned 14- minute statement during a news conference with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan, Pres. Obama made clear that he was deeply dis- mayed not only by the recent unrest in several cities, but also by the longstanding yet little-discussed racial and so- cietal forces that have fed it.
The President made it clear that Americans will need to address the root causes of violent uprisings.
“This is not new. It’s been going on for decades,” the President said from the White House on Tuesday.
The violence in Baltimore is the result of Freddie Gray’s death. Gray was killed after suffering a spinal cord injury after being ar- rested by Baltimore PD.
The President did call to task looters that have caused wide-spread property dam- age, even to police vehicles.
“There’s no excuse for the
President Obama spoke about Baltimore on Tuesday.
kind of violence that we saw yesterday. “It is counterpro- ductive. When individuals get crowbars and start prying open doors to loot, they’re not protesting, they’re not making a statement, they’re stealing.”
“There is a need to address the root of the matters,’’ Pres- ident Obama said.
“I’m under no illusion that out of this Congress we’re going to get massive invest- ments in urban communities,” the President said.
He noted job training, ed- ucation, criminal justice re- form and other matters that need to be addressed before things change. Speaking from the White House Rose Gar- den, Pres. Obama con- demned the chaos unfolding just 40 miles north of the White House and called for
Baltimore Unrest
“full transparency and ac- countability” in a Department of Justice investigation into the death of Freddie Gray.
“We have seen too many instances of what appears to be police officers interacting with individuals, primarily African-American, often poor, in ways that raise troubling questions. It comes up, it seems like, once a week now,” the President said. “We shouldn’t pretend that it’s new.”He said that his thoughts were also with the police officers injured in Mon- day night’s unrest in Balti- more, which he said “underscores that that’s a tough job, and we have to keep that in mind.”
Seattle QB Russell Wilson And Ciara At White House Dinner
RUSSELL WILSON AND CIARA
For the second time in three days, Russell Wilson is eating dinner at the White House, only this time; he's not eating dinner with his grandma.
Wilson was in Washington DC for a State Dinner on Tues- day and he brought along singer Ciara as his date.
It's kind of funny that the Wilson and Ciara date hap- pened on Tuesday night be- cause everyone actually thought it was going to happen over the weekend when Wilson was in DC for the White House Corre- spondents' Dinner.
Only Wilson didn't show up to that dinner with Ciara, he showed up with his grandma.
Ciara and Wilson have been spending a lot of time to- gether lately. In mid-April, Ciara visited Wilson in Seat- tle and they attended a Mariners-Rangers game to- gether. Wilson also gave the singer a tour of Pike Place Mar- ket.
TALLAHASSEE -- The Florida House abruptly ad- journed early on Tuesday due to a budget impasse with the Senate over Medicaid expan- sion.
Bills covering everything from tax cuts to gambling, medical marijuana and mak- ing changes in the state’s scandal-rocked prison system died as a result. The abrupt showdown also raises the possibility of a government shutdown if the House and Senate cannot agree to a new state budget by June 30th.
Since the GOP won con- trol of the Legislature two decades ago, the chambers have let their disputes derail the session only a handful of times.
On Tuesday, as House Speaker Steve Crisafulli banged his gavel to end the session, Republican House members cheered, some rais- ing both thumbs in the air.
“He dropped the mic!” Miami Rep. Frank Artiles
said.
The House actions drew
scorn from both Senate Re- publicans who called it im- mature and Democrats who called it “unconscionable” be- cause bills dealing with everything from death bene- fits to slain police to help for developmentally disabled children were not going to pass.
“There will be some that are going to ‘high five’ and joke around later,” said Sen- ate President Andy Gar- diner. “Nobody won today. Nobody won. The taxpayers lost. It’s an unfortunate turn of events.”
Crisafulli blamed the Senate for the awkward ses- sion end. The House has been adamantly opposed to ex- panding Medicaid to more than 800,000 Floridians, even though the Senate has proposed a plan that would allow the state to eventually require recipients to work or attend school.
First Lady Obama Continues To Be Royally Fashion Forward
The First Lady and President Barack Obama, made quite the stylish pair as they wel- comed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzö Abe and his wife, Akie Abe, to the White House State dinner on Tuesday.
The First Lady stood out in a sea of stars at the event, which was also at- tended by Star Trek alum George Takei and Scan- dal show runner, Shonda Rhimes.
Earlier in the day, the FLOTUS wore a sunrise- printed scuba coat and matching dress (both Monique Lhuillier), plus, metallic silver pumps to greet the prime minister and his wife.
FLOTUS Michelle Obama, in a stun- ning purple gown and The President with the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzö Abe and his wife, Akie Abe at the State Dinner. Earlier, the First Lady wowed in a beautiful and unusual dress and coat.
U.S. Refueling Aircraft Disappears Off Radar Over English Channel
A U.S. Air Force refuelling aircraft disappeared off the radar over the English Chan- nel Tuesday night but has since landed safely in Britain.
The Boeing KC-135R Stra- totanker left Amiens in north- ern France at 0.05am local time (11.05pm BST) and was last reported on a flight track- ing website between Dover and Calais 15 minutes later.
It is not yet known why the plane - flying under the code QID72 and based at RAF Mildenhall in Suffolk - fell off the radar at 0.20am.
Despite the confusion the jet landed safely at its base in East Anglia an hour later, the US Air Force confirmed. A spokesman said the aircraft experienced an in-flight emer- gency over the Channel.
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