News Roundup for February 11, 2022
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🗓️ 11 February 2022
⏱️ 87 minutes
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Summary
The Republican National Committee censured two of its Congresspeople this week for participating in the inquiry into the Jan. 6 attack at the Capitol. Reps. Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois were accused of participating in the persecution of Americans participating in "legitimate political discourse."
Meanwhile, as estimates of the number of Russian troops stationed at the country's border with Ukraine grow, the Russian military is undertaking training exercises in the Black Sea and Belarus, stoking fears that an attack may be imminent.
Protests against the COVID-19 vaccine in Canada have reached a fever pitch, causing Ford, Honda, and Toyota to halt production of their cars in some of their Canadian plants. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the demonstrations have to stop.
We cover all this and more during the News Roundup.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, it's Jen. Just a quick heads up before we start the show. |
| 0:03.8 | The news is rapidly developing and things may have changed by the time you hear this episode. |
| 0:09.0 | For the latest news tune into your public radio station and follow updates at npr.org. |
| 0:22.1 | This is the 1A podcast. I'm Sarah McCammon in for Jen White. Let's jump into the news roundup. |
| 0:27.8 | Governors across the United States say it's time to live with the coronavirus. |
| 0:33.6 | But the messaging comes on the tail end of another terrible COVID milestone. |
| 0:38.2 | 900,000 deaths nationwide since the beginning of the pandemic. |
| 0:42.4 | So what do we do when America is done with COVID but COVID is not done with us? |
| 0:47.6 | Plus, the January 6 commission finds something big is missing and despite some promises that prices will come down, inflation continues to skyrocket. |
| 0:57.6 | Anita Kumar is the senior editor of standards and ethics for Politico. Anita, thanks for joining us. |
| 1:03.1 | Great to be back with you. |
| 1:05.9 | Josh Meyer is the domestic security correspondent for USA Today. Josh, great to have you. |
| 1:11.8 | Thanks for having me, Sarah. |
| 1:13.8 | And Jeff Zellany, who will join us in a moment, is the chief national affairs correspondent at CNN. |
| 1:19.0 | So late last week, the United States hit 900,000 COVID deaths. |
| 1:23.2 | The CDC's rolling seven day average for daily COVID deaths has stayed above 2000 since January 23. |
| 1:29.7 | And that is double what we saw last fall, according to the CDC. |
| 1:33.6 | These milestones are coming as governors in some states, including Illinois, Delaware, and New York, |
| 1:38.5 | are dropping their mask mandates. |
| 1:40.4 | Here's New York Governor Kathy Hocal. |
| 1:43.0 | At this time, we say that is the right decision to lift this mandate for indoor businesses and let counties, cities, and businesses |
| 1:52.4 | to make their own decisions on what they want to do with respect to mask or the vaccination requirement. |
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