| Al-Qaida in Yemen claims deadly Florida naval base shooting Posted: 02 Feb 2020 12:31 PM PST  Al-Qaida's branch in Yemen claimed responsibility Sunday for last year's deadly shooting at the Naval Air Station Pensacola by an aviation student from Saudi Arabia. The shooter, 2nd Lt. Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani, was a member of the Saudi Air Force in training at the base. Al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, or AQAP, released a video claiming the attack.
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| Trump's Worst Idea Ever Will Set the Middle East on Fire Posted: 02 Feb 2020 06:02 AM PST  What a disaster.
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| A man in the Philippines has become the first person to die of the Wuhan coronavirus outside of China Posted: 02 Feb 2020 12:36 AM PST  A 44-year-old man died on Saturday in Manila. He had travelled to the Philippines from Wuhan, where the coronavirus broke out in early December.
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| Klobuchar Vows to Fight On, Says No Deal With Biden’s Campaign Posted: 02 Feb 2020 09:26 AM PST ![Klobuchar Vows to Fight On, Says No Deal With Biden's Campaign]( "Klobuchar Vows to Fight On, Says No Deal With Biden's Campaign") (Bloomberg) -- Democrat Amy Klobuchar vowed to battle on for the 2020 Democratic nomination even as her support lags and said she hasn't made a deal to work in concert with Joe Biden's campaign in Iowa.The senator from Minnesota made her pitch on "Fox News Sunday," a day before the state's first-in-the-nation nominating contest. She said she's one of two presidential hopefuls from the middle of the U.S., and has been elected in the past by appealing to moderate Republicans and independents as well as Democrats."I'm going to New Hampshire no matter what," Klobuchar said, referring to the state that will hold the next nominating contest, on Feb. 11."I've got the endorsements of every major paper in New Hampshire, including the [Manchester] Union Leader, that have endorsed," she said. "And so of course I'm going there; we have a strong operation there."Klobuchar, 59, has been traversing Iowa all weekend. She and fellow Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren are taking advantage of the break in Trump's impeachment trial to campaign in the state after being mostly absent for two weeks.The Iowa caucus results could make or break her campaign. She, Warren and former South Bend, Indiana, mayor Pete Buttigieg are banking on strong performances in the state to catapult them forward through the primary season.Former Vice President Biden and Sanders still far outpace their competitors in national polls.The RealClearPolitics average of Iowa polls shows Klobuchar ranked fifth with 8.8%, below the threshold that would let her pick up delegates. She's had support as high as 13% in some surveys.Klobuchar said she hadn't, as has been reported, come to an arrangement with Biden's campaign for her supporters in the caucuses to switch to Biden if she falls short of the 15% threshold required in each precinct."No deals," she said. "I am just focused on our own race here."To contact the reporter on this story: Ana Monteiro in Washington at amonteiro4@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Wendy Benjaminson at wbenjaminson@bloomberg.net, Ros Krasny, Larry LiebertFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.comSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.©2020 Bloomberg L.P.
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| Thailand sees apparent success treating virus with drug cocktail Posted: 02 Feb 2020 08:14 AM PST  A Chinese woman infected with the new coronavirus showed a dramatic improvement after she was treated with a cocktail of anti-virals used to treat flu and HIV, Thailand's health ministry said Sunday. The 71-year-old patient tested negative for the virus 48 hours after Thai doctors administered the combination, doctor Kriengsak Attipornwanich said during the ministry's daily press briefing. The news comes as the new virus claimed its first life outside China -- a 44-year-old Chinese man who died in the Philippines -- while the death toll in China has soared above 300.
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| Bolivia's Morales says he wants to go home, run for Senate Posted: 02 Feb 2020 01:45 PM PST  Exiled former Bolivian president Evo Morales said in an interview published Sunday that he wants to return home and run for senator in May elections. Morales fled the country in December after the army withdrew its support for him during violent protests over his disputed re-election to a fourth straight term. Morales, Bolivia's first indigenous president, was in power for almost 14 years.
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| DHS: New screening to begin amid coronavirus concerns Posted: 02 Feb 2020 01:31 PM PST  As the U.S. steps up its response to the coronavirus outbreak, the Department of Homeland Security is warning airline passengers that their flights may wind up rerouted if officials discover mid-flight that someone onboard has been in China in the last 14 days. Under the new rules, U.S. citizens who have traveled in China within the last 14 days will be re-routed to one of eight designated airports, where they will undergo enhanced health screening procedures. The eight are: John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York; Chicago O'Hare International Airport; San Francisco International Airport; Seattle-Tacoma International Airport; Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu; Los Angeles International Airport in California; Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport; and Washington-Dulles International Airport in Virginia.
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| Second person linked to butterfly sanctuary found dead in Mexico Posted: 02 Feb 2020 08:57 AM PST  The body of a tour guide who worked at a famous butterfly reserve in Mexico has been discovered two days after a prominent monarch butterfly activist was found dead.Mexican authorities said they are investigating the possible murder of Raul Hernandez, whose body was found beaten and with a head injury possibly caused by a sharp object.
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| Alleged leader of Iraqi al Qaeda group arrested in Arizona Posted: 31 Jan 2020 07:36 PM PST ![Alleged leader of Iraqi al Qaeda group arrested in Arizona]( "Alleged leader of Iraqi al Qaeda group arrested in Arizona") Ali Yousif Ahmed Al-Nouri, 42, is wanted in Iraq on charges of premeditated murder of the Iraqi police officers in 2006, according to a statement by the U.S. Attorney's Office District of Arizona. An Iraqi judge issued a warrant for Al-Nouri's arrest and the government there issued an extradition request to the U.S. Justice Department, the statement said.
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| Mitt Romney barred from conservative conference after impeachment vote Posted: 01 Feb 2020 09:52 AM PST  Mitt Romney has been barred from a major conservative conference after he voted to hear from additional witnesses in President Trump's impeachment trial.
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| F-35s vs. Missiles: Could Israel and Iran Be Headed Towards a War? Posted: 02 Feb 2020 06:24 AM PST  And could Trump's 'peace plan' be making things worse?
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| A US national security adviser says 'there is no reason for Americans to panic' about coronavirus as report claims second US plane heads to China to evacuate more Americans from Wuhan Posted: 02 Feb 2020 12:08 PM PST  A second plane is on the way to evacuate US citizens still in Wuhan in China as the death toll from coronavirus continues to rise.
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| What I learned watching Andrew Yang barnstorm rural Iowa Posted: 02 Feb 2020 02:13 PM PST  He's a changed candidate from even a month ago.
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| South African Capital’s Mayor to Quit After Sex Tape Scandal Posted: 02 Feb 2020 03:55 AM PST ![South African Capital's Mayor to Quit After Sex Tape Scandal]( "South African Capital's Mayor to Quit After Sex Tape Scandal") (Bloomberg) -- The mayor of South Africa's Tshwane municipality, which includes the capital, Pretoria, said he will resign this month to end political wrangling over his continued presence in office.Stevens Mokgalapa has faced pressure to quit since a leaked audio tape indicated that he allegedly disparaged officials in a conversation with a mayoral council member and engaged in a sexual act with her in the municipality's offices. The two say the tape was tampered with.Mokgalapa is a member of the main opposition Democratic Alliance, which wrested control of Tshwane from the ruling African National Congress in 2016 with the aid of the Economic Freedom Fighters, the third-largest party.The DA placed Mokgalapa on leave in December as it investigated his conduct, while the EFF called for his removal. The ANC meanwhile threatened to place the city under the control of the administration of the central Gauteng province, but backed down after the DA said it would challenge the move in court."I wish to make clear that I have not broken any laws and am confident that I would emerge positively from any assessment of my conduct," Mokgalapa said in an emailed statement. "But in the end, I have concluded that it is best for the city if I stand down as mayor."The scandal has been yet another blow for the DA, which lost support in national elections last year, and has since seen its mayor of Johannesburg, Herman Mashaba, and its leader, Mmusi Maimane, quit the party.The DA's Gauteng leader John Moodley thanked Mokgalapa for his service and said the party would initiate the process of finding a replacement.(Updates with opposition comment in last paragraph.)To contact the reporter on this story: Mike Cohen in Cape Town at mcohen21@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Paul Richardson at pmrichardson@bloomberg.net, Helen Nyambura, James AmottFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.comSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.©2020 Bloomberg L.P.
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| Coronavirus won't turn you into a 'zombie', says Malaysia Posted: 02 Feb 2020 12:20 AM PST  The deadly coronavirus will not cause victims to act like zombies, Malaysia's government said on social media, as officials act to correct the spread of misinformation surrounding the outbreak. As medical authorities seek to contain the virus, some social media users in Malaysia made a connection between the disease and the walking dead. A number of posts in Malaysia on social media have wrongly claimed the number of deaths or infected people in the country.
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| Appeal of man who shot Army recruiters in Arkansas rejected Posted: 02 Feb 2020 01:34 PM PST ![Appeal of man who shot Army recruiters in Arkansas rejected]( "Appeal of man who shot Army recruiters in Arkansas rejected") The Arkansas Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of a man who fatally shot a U.S. Army soldier and wounded another outside a recruiting station in Little Rock. The ruling dated Thursday and first reported by the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette said Abdulhakim Muhammad's appeal is without merit. Muhammad, 34, was sentenced to life without parole after pleading guilty to the 2009 fatal shooting of Pvt.
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| Ukraine wants larger compensation for its citizens killed in plane shootdown in Iran Posted: 02 Feb 2020 11:19 AM PST ![Ukraine wants larger compensation for its citizens killed in plane shootdown in Iran]( "Ukraine wants larger compensation for its citizens killed in plane shootdown in Iran") Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that Kiev was not satisfied with a size of compensation Iran had offered to families of Ukrainians killed in the downing of a plane near Tehran last month and would seek larger payments. The airliner was struck by a missile on Jan. 8 shortly after it left Tehran en route to Kiev. Iran admitted its forces had shot down the Ukraine International Airlines plane in error, after initially denying it had a role in the incident.
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| Mississippi inmate tries to hang self in cell, attorney says Posted: 01 Feb 2020 05:48 PM PST  An inmate tried to hang himself at a troubled Mississippi prison and was taken down by a state trooper, an attorney said in court papers filed Saturday. Casey L. Austin is one of the attorneys representing inmates in a federal lawsuit against Mississippi over conditions in the state's prisons. The lawsuit over prison conditions is funded by Team Roc, a philanthropic group connected to entertainment mogul Jay-Z's company, Roc Nation.
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| Trump administration declares coronavirus emergency, orders first quarantine in 50 years Posted: 01 Feb 2020 04:17 AM PST  U.S. citizens from parts of China will undergo entry health screenings and will be monitored during a 14-day self-quarantine, officials said.
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| Tests for suspected coronavirus patients in the US don't always work, the head of the CDC said Posted: 31 Jan 2020 05:57 PM PST  "We don't know the accuracy of this test. People who came in were negative, then all of a sudden they were positive," one official said.
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| Biden Advisers Say He’s ‘Anything But Doomed’ Ahead of Iowa Vote Posted: 02 Feb 2020 07:59 AM PST  (Bloomberg) -- Top advisers to Joe Biden sought to temper expectations for his performance in Monday's Iowa caucuses, projecting a close result and insisting that any outcome won't doom the former vice president's campaign."Joe Biden is anything but doomed," former Senator Chris Dodd of Connecticut, a longtime Biden friend who has endorsed his former colleague, said Sunday at a Bloomberg News reporter roundtable in Des Moines.Biden's team has long played down the importance of Iowa to its strategy, arguing that contests later in February in Nevada and South Carolina, followed quickly by Super Tuesday on March 3, are critical to demonstrate that a candidate is capable of defeating President Donald Trump."We have been taking incoming since before Vice President Biden got into this race, since before April 25, people have been writing our campaign's obituary. Tuesday morning will be no different," Biden senior adviser Symone Sanders said at the roundtable.It's in the states after Iowa that Biden's advisers say he'll be able to show his true electoral strength because of their higher concentrations of non-white voters and because their Democratic primary electorates are more moderate than Iowa's.'Not the End'"I think it's important to know that we view Iowa as the beginning, not the end" of the nominating process, Sanders, the Biden adviser, said. "I think it will be a gross mistake on the part of reporters, voters or anyone else to view whatever happens on Monday – we think it's going to be close – but view whatever happens as the end and not give credence and space for New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina."Senator Bernie Sanders leads Biden by 3.6 percentage points in the Real Clear Politics average of Iowa caucus polls, but one key data point that typically helps set expectations in the final 48 hours before Iowans go to their caucuses is missing: The Des Moines Register/CNN poll's Saturday night release was canceled because of problems with its questioning, leaving journalists, analysts and voters grasping for data to anticipate Monday's results."I certainly will concede that the poll, the Register poll, could add or detract energy from a campaign," said Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller, who has endorsed Biden. "It's important for the expectations-setting. But I sort of think Democrats don't just go to someone because they're ahead."A central tenet of Biden's Democratic primary argument is that he's the candidate perceived as most electable, a contention opponents have argued would be diminished by a poor showing in Iowa. But Miller insisted that a disappointing finish for Biden in his state doesn't change the overall picture for Biden."When we say he's electable in the general election, we're not saying he's going to win every state in the caucus and primary system. That only happens with an incumbent president running for re-election," Miller said. "I think that's a false standard that he should win every state."(Disclaimer: Michael Bloomberg is seeking the Democratic presidential nomination. He is the founder and majority owner of Bloomberg LP, the parent company of Bloomberg News.)To contact the reporter on this story: Jennifer Epstein in Des Moines, Iowa at jepstein32@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Wendy Benjaminson at wbenjaminson@bloomberg.net, Larry LiebertFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.comSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.©2020 Bloomberg L.P.
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| Uber suspends 240 users accounts over possible virus contact Posted: 02 Feb 2020 06:43 AM PST  Uber has suspended the accounts of 240 users in Mexico who may have been in contact with drivers that ferried a person suspected of having the deadly coronavirus. More than 300 people have died from the novel coronavirus in mainland China and although more than 100 people have been infected outside the country, Mexico has not reported a confirmed case. The ride-hailing app said Mexico City health authorities requested information in January on a possible carrier of coronavirus, with Uber finding two drivers who transported the suspected individual before driving a further 240 people.
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| Women only report harassment ‘from ugly men’, Ecuador’s president says Posted: 02 Feb 2020 03:07 AM PST  Ecuador's President Lenin Moreno has been criticised for saying women only report harassment "when it comes from an ugly person".Mr Moreno made the comment at an economics conference in the city of Guayaquil on Friday, where he also said that men are "permanently subject to the danger of being accused of harassment".
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| U.S. universities set up front-line defenses to keep coronavirus at bay Posted: 02 Feb 2020 04:16 AM PST  The school, with one of the highest percentages of Chinese students among U.S. universities, has suspended academic programs in China for the spring semester and banned students from traveling to the country for academic-related matters. It has advised faculty and staff to follow federal travel advisories that, as of Friday, warned against going to China. "We want to take all of the precautions we can so, in the worst-case scenario, we keep our community healthy," said Robin Kaler, associate chancellor for public affairs at the University of Illinois, 135 miles (217 km) south of Chicago, where the first human-to-human transmission of the disease in the United States was confirmed last week.
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| Nigeria to address issues that led to visa restrictions Posted: 01 Feb 2020 12:00 PM PST  Nigeria's government pledged Saturday to try to address security issues the Trump administration cited in its decision to stop granting immigration visas to people from Africa's most populous nation. Immigrants from Nigeria and three other countries no longer will be eligible for visas allowing them to live in the United States permanently, the White House said Friday. Nigerians, who have long decried the visa application processes in both the United States and Europe as racist, expressed disbelief and anger after the Trump administration announced the new policy, which takes effect Feb. 21.
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| George Soros: Facebook, Zuckerberg in cahoots with Trump to win 2020 election Posted: 01 Feb 2020 09:51 AM PST  George Soros is accusing Facebook and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg of conspiring with Trump to help the president win reelection. Facebook denies it.
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| A student at the University of Massachusetts Boston is confirmed to be the 8th person in the US to have the Wuhan coronavirus after a trip to China Posted: 01 Feb 2020 12:30 PM PST  Seven other cases of the virus have been already reported throughout the US, in Arizona, California, and Washington.
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| Xenophobia 'Is A Pre-Existing Condition.' How Harmful Stereotypes and Racism are Spreading Around the Coronavirus Posted: 01 Feb 2020 01:06 PM PST  As the number of coronavirus cases continue to grow, so do concerns of racist vitriol and stereotyping against people of Asian descent.
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| America is Making a Bad Bet on India Posted: 02 Feb 2020 02:06 PM PST  America is dangerously emboldening India's Hindu nationalist government as it nears the point of no return. Modi, whose term ends in 2024, could be succeeded by someone far more extreme.
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| UK vows action after police kill 'convicted extremist' in terror stabbing Posted: 02 Feb 2020 02:45 PM PST  The British government promised sweeping changes to the system for dealing with convicted terrorists released from prison, after police shot dead an Islamist extremist who stabbed two people in a busy south London street on Sunday. Police said Sudesh Amman, 20, who was wearing a fake suicide vest, was shot on the busy Streatham High Road packed with shoppers at about 2:00 pm (1400 GMT). Amman was recently given early release from prison where he was serving time for terror offences.
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| Rounds of wintry weather target the Plains through midweek Posted: 02 Feb 2020 09:13 AM PST  Several storms will sweep across the center of the country over the coming days, bringing wintry weather from Iowa to Texas.After dumping inches of snow in across the Great Basin and the Rockies, a storm will move across the Plains late Monday and into Tuesday."As the storm moves eastward into Tuesday, it will lose much of its intensity," said AccuWeather Senior Meteorologist Eric Leister. While low temperatures Monday night across the central Plains are forecast to be mainly in the teens, and then only in the 20s during the day Tuesday, high snowfall totals are not expected.Most locations from North Platte, Nebraska and Colby, Kansas, on east are likely to accumulate less than 3 inches."By the time that storm reaches Iowa and northern Missouri, there may be snow falling from the sky, but no more than a thin coating is expected," Leister added.The central Plains to the Great Lakes is not the only area that may experience snow for the first half of the week.The northern side of the same storm that will spark severe weather across the Gulf Coast, will also hold back across the center of the country just enough to interact with some cooler air moving into the Plains.The snow will begin in New Mexico and western parts of Texas on Tuesday night before spreading eastward through Wednesday."Several inches of snow is possible in a swath from northern Texas to southwestern Missouri," said AccuWeather Meteorologist Adam Sadvary.A few isolated spots could end up with half a dozen inches of snow before the storm exits the region on Wednesday. Temperatures will likely be marginally low enough on the southern fringe of the snow, which may allow sleet and freezing rain to mix in with any snowflakes."The wintry precipitation accumulating on roadways will likely bring complications for travelers along Interstates 20, 35, 40 and 44, especially during the morning commute," added Sadvary.The snow may also lead to school delays or closures on Wednesday.CLICK HERE FOR THE FREE ACCUWEATHER APPFollowing both of these storms, chilly air will become entrenched in the Plains. Low temperatures early Thursday morning will be in the teens from the North Dakota-Canada border down into Oklahoma and the northern Texas Panhandle. Elsewhere, lows will be in the 20s.Temperatures are expected to rebound into the 40s and 50s across central Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Kansas on Thursday, but hold in the 20s and 30s for Iowa and Missouri. In these areas, any snowpack will likely linger longer.The same storm bringing snow to the southern Plains is expected to continue moving east, and could impact the Eastern Seaboard late in the week.Keep checking back on AccuWeather.com and stay tuned to the AccuWeather Network on DirecTV, Frontier and Verizon Fios.
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| Paradise lost looms for German farmers as swine fever nears Posted: 02 Feb 2020 04:29 PM PST  The German state of Brandenburg has erected about 120 km (75 miles) of electric fencing to prevent wild boars infected with African swine fever (ASF) from straying across the border from Poland and infecting its pig herd. ASF, which has led to the deaths of a quarter of the world's pigs in China and roiled the global meat industry, is dangerously close to Germany, Europe's largest pork producer. A case of the viral disease was discovered in a wild boar in Poland just 12 km from the German border last month.
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| Pompeo says US can supply Belarus with 100% of oil, gas Posted: 01 Feb 2020 12:52 AM PST  U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Saturday that the United States is willing and able to provide Belarus with 100% of its oil and gas, taking a slap at Russia which recently cut off supplies. Pompeo is the first secretary of state to visit Belarus in 26 years and arrived in Minsk amid new tensions between Minsk and Moscow over energy. In a meeting with authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko, Pompeo said he hoped to help provide an opportunity for Belarus to achieve the "sovereignty" and "independence" it seeks.
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| Mitt Romney won't be invited to CPAC after impeachment trial vote for witnesses Posted: 01 Feb 2020 11:16 AM PST  Mitt Romney was one of two Republican senators to break ranks by voting for witnesses in the impeachment trial. Now he has been rebuffed by CPAC.
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| Impeachment 'marginally' helps Trump now but won’t be a factor in election: Christie Posted: 02 Feb 2020 07:33 AM PST  The Powerhouse Roundtable debates the politics of impeachment and discusses the latest in the 2020 election just before the Iowa caucus on "This Week."
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| Coronavirus: CDC issues ‘unprecedented’ federal quarantine for Americans returning from Wuhan as US airlines halt China flights Posted: 01 Feb 2020 02:48 AM PST  All 195 US citizens that were repatriated from Wuhan, China, have been placed under a federal quarantine order in an attempt to stop the spread of the coronavirus.This is the first time the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued a quarantine order in 50 years.
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| Japan destroyer heads to Middle East as Iran-US tension lingers Posted: 01 Feb 2020 09:45 PM PST  Japan sent a naval destroyer to the Middle East on Sunday for a rare overseas mission to ensure the safety of its ships amid lingering tension between Iran and the US. The vessel left the Yokosuka naval base, south of Tokyo, for an information gathering mission in the Gulf of Oman, northern parts of the Arabian Sea and parts of the Gulf of Aden. Japan earlier decided not to take part in the US-led Operation Sentinel to protect shipping routes in the region.
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| In Mexico, "El Chapo's" daughter ties knot in state cathedral Posted: 01 Feb 2020 12:51 PM PST ![In Mexico, "El Chapo's" daughter ties knot in state cathedral]( "In Mexico, \"El Chapo's\" daughter ties knot in state cathedral") The daughter of Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman married another offspring of a drug empire in a lavish ceremony held in the cathedral of Sinaloa's state capital Culiacan, Mexican media reported, in a new display of her family's prominence. Alejandrina Gisselle Guzman married Edgar Cazares, the nephew of Blanca Margarita Cazares, Mexican newspaper Reforma reported on Saturday, in the heartland of Mexico's powerful Sinaloa Cartel.
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| Turkish military convoy crosses into rebel-held NW Syria Posted: 02 Feb 2020 08:18 AM PST  A large Turkish military convoy rumbled into rebel-held areas of northwest Syria on Sunday, witnesses on the ground and activists said. Separately, airstrikes on a rebel-held village in Syria's northwest killed at least seven people, opposition activists said. Elsewhere, rebel shelling killed a woman and wounded at least three journalists, Syrian state TV reported.
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| Rep. Rashida Tlaib boos Hillary Clinton at a Bernie Sanders event in Iowa over 'nobody likes him' comment Posted: 01 Feb 2020 08:09 AM PST  Rep. Rashida Tlaib, who booed Hillary Clinton at a Bernie Sanders event Friday, said she let her frustration and disappointment "get the best of me."
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| Buttigieg Names His Favorite Beatles Song: Campaign Update Posted: 02 Feb 2020 02:31 PM PST  (Bloomberg) -- The 2020 candidates have been asked a lot of questions over the last year, but there's always a new one.At a campaign event at Lincoln High School in Des Moines on Sunday, Pete Buttigieg was asked his favorite Beatles song, and he quickly came up with an answer that managed to keep on message."I feel at this time it has to be 'Come Together,'" he said.He's not the only presidential candidate who has favored that song. Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, whose exploratory bid for an independent campaign fizzled last year, ordered baristas in Washington to write the phrase on coffee cups during a fiscal dispute in 2012.No word on which Fab Four song the rest of the field favors, but Bernie Sanders has been known to walk on stage to John Lennon's "Power to the People."Yang Says He Would Pardon Trump (2:26 p.m.)Picture this: President Andrew Yang declaring the "long, national nightmare over" and pardoning Donald Trump.On ABC News' "This Week" Sunday, the Venture for America founder said that he would consider following in the footsteps of Gerald Ford and pardon his predecessor."It's a very, very nasty pattern that developing countries have fallen into where a new president ends up throwing the president before them in jail, and that pattern, unfortunately, makes it very hard for any party to govern sustainably moving forward with a sense of unity among their people," Yang said.Ford's pardon was very unpopular and may have contributed to his loss to Jimmy Carter in 1976.Of course, Yang might not need to do it. Trump infamously tweeted in 2018 that he has the "absolute right" to pardon himself. And Trump's lawyers even seemed to back up that idea in a confidential letter to Special Counsel Robert Mueller.Warren Volunteers Have Their Own Child Care Plan (12 p.m.)Elizabeth Warren has a plan for universal child care. Some of her volunteers in Iowa have a plan of their own.Parents who want to attend caucus night in Iowa City on Monday night can go online to sign up for free child care provided by a group of Warren volunteers.The sign-up form even provides a link to Warren's website with a note about her universal child care plan.The Warren campaign said they appreciated the effort."Accessibility and opportunity are important to our campaign, and we do everything we can to make sure everyone who wants to can volunteer and participate on caucus night," said Warren's Iowa communications director, Jason Noble.COMING UP:Some of the Democratic candidates will debate again in New Hampshire on Feb. 7.The first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses will be held Feb. 3. The New Hampshire primary is Feb. 11. Nevada holds its caucuses on Feb. 22 and South Carolina has a primary on Feb. 29.CNN will host town halls featuring eight presidential candidates in New Hampshire on Feb. 5 and 6.(Disclaimer: Michael Bloomberg is also seeking the Democratic presidential nomination. He is the founder and majority owner of Bloomberg LP, the parent company of Bloomberg News.)\--With assistance from Misyrlena Egkolfopoulou.To contact the reporter on this story: Ryan Teague Beckwith in Des Moines at rbeckwith3@bloomberg.netTo contact the editors responsible for this story: Wendy Benjaminson at wbenjaminson@bloomberg.net, Larry LiebertFor more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.comSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.©2020 Bloomberg L.P.
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| Venice shuts down for WWII-era bomb removal Posted: 02 Feb 2020 04:12 AM PST  The operation in the port of Marghera, a mostly industrial area separated from the tourist city by water, required the evacuation of about 3,500 residents beginning in the early morning. Boat, train and bus traffic was all halted during the operation and planes were prohibited from flying to and from Marco Polo Airport from 8:30am (0730GMT) until 12:30 pm. At mid-morning, authorities said the first two phases of the operation - the evacuation of residents, and the process to strip the fuses from the bombs, had been successfully completed.
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