"We're all scared, we're all worried, we're all sick ... We're hoping there's that there's no casualties and that all of our babies can come out of that school okay"
— Parent of a student at Timberview High School in Arlington, Texas, after reports of an active shooter inside.
Timberview High School in Arlington, TX on lockdown as authorities investigate active shooter situation.
@rlopezwfaa reports: “I have a friend … her son texted her in the family group chat and said ‘I’m okay. I’m in lockdown. I’m hiding, but I love you all.’”
Scores of school buses arrive at Timberview High School in Arlington, TX, to evacuate students amid reports of multiple gunshot victims.
“What we believe happened … is that there was a fight between a student and another individual in a class and a gun was used. And there are four victims.”
— Arlington Asst. Police Chief Kevin Kolbye
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While Gov. Brad Little (R-ID) is down at the southern border, fellow Republican Lt. Gov. Janice McGeachin signed an executive order as acting governor banning vaccine requirements or mandatory testing in K-12 schools and universities.
On this week’s #HHW@jheil and @StevieVanZandt dive into his time on E Street, friendship w/ @springsteen, stint on The Sopranos, and role in busting Mandela out of jail.
Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) announces the first K-12 vaccine mandate in the nation, requiring students to get vaccinated against COVID in order to attend in-person classes.
The mandate will go into effect once the FDA gives full approval of the shots for their age groups.
“If you want to attack someone, attack me.”
— Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) on pushback against his first-in-the-nation K-12 vaccine mandate, as school workers face threats.
In case it wasn’t clear, Newsom’s talking to these people.
.@RepDianaDeGette (D-CO) calls out SCOTUS while speaking about today's largely symbolic House vote on the Women’s Health Protection Act, an effort to codify Roe v. Wade:
“If the justices ... won’t act, the U.S. House of Representatives will act.”
@RepDianaDeGette “From voting rights, to housing rights, to reproductive freedom, it is clear that the courts are not on the people’s side.”
— Rep. @AyannaPressley (D-MA) calls out SCOTUS over Texas abortion law ahead of House vote today on Women’s Health Protection Act.
DHS Sec. Mayorkas on troubling viral videos of Border Patrol being aggressive with Haitian migrants:
"One cannot weaponize a horse to aggressively attack a child. That is unacceptable. That is not what our policies and our training require ... We will not tolerate mistreatment."
WH Press Sec. Jen Psaki says Biden found viral videos of Border Patrol being aggressive with Haitian migrants “horrific.”
“This is not who we are," Psaki says. "That’s not who the Biden-Harris administration is."
Rep. Tony Gonzalez (R-TX) defends Border Patrol agents caught on camera using reins on migrants:
“It’s a very desperate situation and they’re doing God’s work, fighting everything they can.”