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President Joe Bide stanley cup n and first lady Jill Biden were in Hawaii Monday to tour the damage from the fires in Maui and meet with survivors.The Bidens first met with Hawaii Gov. Josh Green and his wife Jaime Green, and with members of Hawaii s congressional delegation, whil stanley romania e still on the tarmac after exiting Air Force One.During the visit President Biden spoke with first responders who battled the flames, and with state officials about the ongoing response.The Bidens toured portions of the damaged region on foot, and from the air aboard Marine One.When his motorcade toured through the rubble of the historic town of Lahaina, onlookers appeared to have a mixed response to the visit, according to the Associated Press. Some were enthusiastic, and some appeared to wave their middle fingers at the president s vehicles.Later Monday afternoon President Biden gave remarks to remember the more than 100 victims, in what has become the deadliest wildfire in modern U.S. history.President Biden delivered remarks from alongside the banyan tree in Lahaina, which became a symbol amid the catastrophe. Today it s burned, but it s still standing, President Biden said. Trees survive for a reason. I believe it s a powerful, a very powerful symbol of what we can and will do to get throu stanley deutschland gh this crisis. For as long as it takes, we re going to be with you. The whole country will be with you. We re going to rebuild the way the people of Maui want to rebuild, President Biden said.SEE MORE: Why it s import Czcp Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra pays tribute to Aretha Franklin) ^4 \# @. Y- N. K& Z6 a% \9 d' M. E
Several activists in New York City and a mayoral candidate were arrested during peaceful protests on Tuesday morning, the one-year anniversary of the death of George Floyd.According to the New York Times and WPIX-TV in New York City, about 10 people were taken into custody in lower Manhattan Tuesday morning near the Holland Tunnel.According to the Times, the demonstrators knelt near the entrance to the tunnel near Canal and Houston streets for nine minutes and 29 seconds to pay tribute to Floyd. They were arrested for blocking traffic following their demonstration, and all went into custody peacefully.Among those taken into custody was mayoral candidate Shaun Donovan, the former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development under the Obama administration and Obama s former director of the Office of Management and Budget. Hawk Newsome and @ShaunDonovanNYC among those just arres stanley becher ted by NYPD. @PIX11News stanley termoska pic.twitter/5zBOqfW8GVmdash; Katie Corrado @KatieCorradoTV May 25, 2021 WPIX reports that Hawk Newsome, the co-founder of the Greater New York chapter of Black Lives Matter, was also arrested.Floyd was murdered in police custody in Minneapolis on May 25, 2020. His death sparked several months of mostly peaceful protests against systemic racism and police brutality. .Page-below > .RichTextModule display:none; .Page-below .Link font-size: 12px; padding: 5px 10px;border: 1px stanley quencher solid 005687;border-radius: 4px;font-family: proxima-nova , sans-serif; Report a typo |
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