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A weekend that will be written in American history books: |
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© Getty Images Peaceful daytime protests this weekend over the death of George Floyd devolved into violence each night as rioters and looters vandalized cities across the U.S. Important to remember about the protest coverage you’re seeing on TV: CNN’s Leigh Munsil pointed out, “Lots of reporters on the scenes are (rightly) reminding viewers that for many hours during the day, these protests were peaceful. The images of what happens during the night are important and urgent, absolutely, but remember the full picture.” https://bit.ly/3gJOtBl 
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| It’s Monday. I’m Cate Martel with a quick recap of the morning and what’s coming up. Send comments, story ideas and events for our radar to cmartel@thehill.com — and follow along on Twitter @CateMartel and Facebook. Did someone forward this to you? Want your own copy? Sign up here to receive The Hill's 12:30 Report in your inbox daily: http://bit.ly/2kjMNnn |
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| JUST ANNOUNCED — D.C. IMPOSES A 7 P.M. CURFEW: |
| Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) just announced a 7 p.m. EDT curfew in the city tonight after violent demonstrations last night. https://bit.ly/3gLb3cO From Bowser: “Every American should be outraged by the murder of George Floyd. I want to implore D.C. residents to think of ways to be part of the solution, not part of the destruction.” |
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| IN WASHINGTON, D.C.: |
| On Sunday afternoon outside the White House: “It appears that there could be as many as 2,000 peaceful protesters occupying the street near Lafayette Park right now. The vibe is one of immense solidarity and unity.” (Via CBS’s Julia Boccagno) https://bit.ly/3etOjfI The scene was ‘tense but peaceful’ around sunset: Via NBC’s Sahil Kapur. Photo: https://bit.ly/2yXeaO4 Wholes Foods boarded up: Photos from Popville: https://bit.ly/2TQXWgD Workers hurrying to board up the Farragut North metro station: Here’s a photo: https://bit.ly/36NONKQ Livestream of last night’s protests: https://bit.ly/2XkyLFl After dark — Cars set on fire two blocks from the White House: https://bit.ly/36OvcdC Yikes, this really does look like a war zone: Here is video outside the White House: https://bit.ly/2MiHCkz The images on television last night: 
© Twitter Helicopters hovered over the White House: Video from NBC’s Kelly O’Donnell: https://bit.ly/2Xkk8BK What the protests looked like from inside the White House gates: Via NBC’s Kelly O’Donnell: https://bit.ly/36MybTY Fireworks were set off: https://bit.ly/3ewc72y This morning — Secret Services officers cleaned the police shields: Here’s a photo from CNN’s Jeremy Diamond: https://bit.ly/3gDTKdQ The stack of police shields at the White House: https://bit.ly/3eAE8WL Graffiti: “The aftermath of the dc protests last night includes some truly juvenile graffiti” (Via The Daily Beast’s Sam Stein) Photo: https://bit.ly/2XJqtWw Iconic D.C. monuments defaced: https://bit.ly/2ZWpapL |
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| WHERE WAS PRESIDENT TRUMP?: |
| Via The New York Times’s Peter Baker and Maggie Haberman, Secret Service rushed President Trump to an underground bunker on Friday night. https://nyti.ms/3eC1XNR “Mr. Trump remained cloistered inside, periodically sending out Twitter messages like ‘LAW & ORDER!’ until the evening, when he went quiet. While some aides urged him to keep off Twitter, Mr. Trump could not resist blasting out a string of messages earlier in the day berating Democrats for not being tough enough and attributing the turmoil to radical leftists.” https://nyti.ms/3eC1XNR |
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| JOURNALISTS CAUGHT IN THE VIOLENCE: |
| An injured journalist in New York: The Wall Street Journal’s Tyler Blint-Welsh tweeted, “Lost my glasses and my ankle is in searing pain after NYPD hit me in the face multiple times with riot shields and pushed me to the ground. I was backing away as request, with my hands up. My NYPD-issued press badge was clearly visible. I’m just sitting here crying. This sucks.” https://bit.ly/2zG81WY A reporter was shot with rubber bullets on live television: This video has nearly 20 million views. https://bit.ly/2Mi7P2D A Seattle journalist and photographer were assaulted: KIRO’S Jessica Oh tweeted, “My photographer and I were just physically assaulted, cornered in the parking lot of the mall by protestors who stole our mic and my phone. Please be careful out there.” Video of the scene: https://bit.ly/2XjX6Lw This was surreal to watch live: 
© Twitter A CNN photographer was injured in D.C.: CNN’s Josh Replogle tweeted: “I was supporting a CNN cam had my creds on police knew I was media. I was on the side out of the way trying to let cops pass me. police pinned me, an officer hits my knee with a baton while another officer had me pinned. I’m hurt but ok” Video: https://bit.ly/3eF1M4u A reporter apologized for his bad video shot: “A reporter apologizing to viewers that their shot isn’t good because he got tear-gassed. A lot of journalists making the industry proud tonight” (Via The Hollywood Reporter’s Jeremy Barr) Watch: https://bit.ly/3gH3CDv |
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| AROUND THE COUNTRY: |
| If you haven’t been following on social media — I’ve seen dozens, maybe hundreds, of powerful images, videos and stories of the weekend protests on social media, but here are just a few of the trending posts: A confederate monument was taken down: In Birmingham, Ala. Watch it happen: https://bit.ly/2TZmoMJ A tanker truck appears to have driven through protesters in Minneapolis: The driver was arrested, and no injuries have been reported. The story from KMSP: https://bit.ly/2TZhLlV Here’s video of the incident from the New York Times: https://nyti.ms/2MjRURC Another vantage point: Here’s the traffic video showing an aerial view, via KSTP: https://bit.ly/2Xm1yJB Protesters shut down the 110 freeway in Los Angeles: https://bit.ly/36PMkzw A Vans store was looted: Here is video of police officers trying to stop people from stealing shoes. Watch — this video has over 3 million views so far: https://bit.ly/3cqLUAW Outside 30 Rock on Sunday: https://bit.ly/3gyHNWK From actor John Cusack: “Cops didn’t like me filming the burning car so they came at me with batons. Hitting my bike. Ahhm here’s the audio ” Video: https://bit.ly/3gE301y A man brought a bow to combat protesters: This video has more than 15 million views. Watch: https://bit.ly/3gI5yMd |
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Trump slams the Biden campaign for donating bail money: |
| President Trump criticized campaign staff of presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden for donating money to help Minnesota protesters pay bail. https://bit.ly/3dnycjF Trump tweeted: “Sleepy Joe Biden’s people are so Radical Left that they are working to get the Anarchists out of jail, and probably more. Joe doesn’t know anything about it, he is clueless, but they will be the real power, not Joe. They will be calling the shots! Big tax increases for all, Plus!” https://bit.ly/3eKtrkB |
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This is an especially important moment for President Trump: |
| Via The Hill’s Niall Stanage, “The gravest civil unrest in half a century is piling pressure on a president who has usually been more adept at exploiting America’s divisions than healing them … For President Trump, the turmoil is the latest wave in the sea of troubles that now encircles his reelection hopes.” https://bit.ly/3gL4dEf First: “The coronavirus crisis has claimed more than 100,000 American lives and is the worst public health disaster in a century. Widespread lockdowns in response to the threat of COVID-19 have catapulted the nation’s unemployment rate past the highest levels seen during the Great Recession a decade ago. Unemployment was at historic lows earlier this year.” And now: “Now racial tension — the deepest and rawest wound in American life — has exploded with greater velocity than at any time since 1968, a year that saw the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, as well as riots during the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.” This is important: “The tensions and frustrations are further inflamed by the fact that minority communities have been hit disproportionately hard by the coronavirus and its related economic damage.” How this could play out: https://bit.ly/3gL4dEf |
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| HOW TRUMP HAS ASSERTED HIS POWER OVER REPUBLICANS: |
| Via The Hill’s Alexander Bolton, “President Trump is strengthening his grip on the Republican Party as they head into the heat of an election season that Democrats want to make a referendum on Trump and his handling of the coronavirus crisis.” https://bit.ly/2XScfm3 |
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We have mentally aged since the Senate was here last: |
| Via The Hill’s Jordain Carney, “Monday will mark the first day senators are back in the nation’s capital since protests started last week, providing, in some cases, their first encounter with reporters, and each other, about what Congress’s and the administration’s response should be.” https://bit.ly/2MiVknx Obama-era probes: “Senate Republicans are set to escalate two investigations into the origins of ‘Crossfire Hurricane,’ the name of the FBI investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election and the Trump campaign.”
Nominations: “On the floor, McConnell has teed up five nominations, including Brian Miller to be the special inspector general for pandemic response.”
Details: https://bit.ly/2MiVknx |
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| LATEST WITH THE CORONAVIRUS | |
| Cases in the U.S.: 1,792,512 Deaths in the U.S.: 104,435 Breakdown of the numbers: https://cnn.it/2UAgW3y For context: This time last week, 1,646,495 Americans had tested positive for the coronavirus and 97,794 Americans had died. https://bit.ly/3dptzp5 Op-ed: https://bit.ly/3cpaQIW |
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Happening this morning — Biden is out and about: |
| Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Biden is holding meetings today after the weekend of protests and unrest. 
© Twitter Photo of Biden praying: https://bit.ly/3dpu4zt Photo of Biden meeting with a community leader: https://bit.ly/370YVjP Happening at 1 p.m.: “Biden will have a virtual roundtable today at 1 p.m. with Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, and St. Paul Mayor Melvin Carter, his campaign says. Usually it would be the president convening such key mayors.” (Via Bloomberg’s Jennifer Epstein) https://bit.ly/2yRlHxG |
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I’m coming with: |
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| The Senate meets this afternoon. The House is out. President Trump and Vice President Pence are in Washington, D.C. 10:30 a.m. EDT: President Trump and Vice President Pence met with Attorney General William Barr in the Oval Office. 11 a.m. EDT: President Trump holds a teleconference with governors, law enforcement and national security officials. Vice President Pence also attended. 12:30 p.m. EDT: President Trump has lunch with Vice President Pence. 3 p.m. EDT: The Senate meets. 5:30 p.m. EDT: The Senate votes. The Senate’s full schedule today: https://bit.ly/3cVJrzA |
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| 11:15 a.m. EDT: “Members of the SpaceX Dragon Crew join astronauts on board the International Space Station to hold a news conference hosted by NASA.” Livestream from C-SPAN: https://cs.pn/36W67xp 11:30 a.m. EDT: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) held a news conference. Livestream: https://cs.pn/3cqrb02 2 p.m. EDT: White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany holds a press briefing. Livestream: https://bit.ly/36NtCZo |
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| NOW FOR THE FUN STUFF...: | |
| Today is National Olive Day. |
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| And because we could really use a happy story to end on, here’s a 7-year-old boy who threw a prom for his nanny after her prom was canceled: https://bit.ly/2U0A6it The photos are adorable. |
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