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close Video Bernie Sanders compares felons voting to women's suffrage and civil rights movements Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders doubles down, repeats call for felons to vote from prison; reaction on 'The Five.' This is a rush transcript from "The Five," April 25, 2019. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. JUAN WILLIAMS, HOST: Hello, everyone. I'm Juan Williams along with Emily Compagno, Jesse Watters, Dana Perino, and Greg Gutfeld. It's 5 o'clock in New York City, this is “The Five.” Joe Biden is finally in and he's wasting little time going directly after President Trump. He did it during his 2020 announcements. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) JOE BIDEN, FORMER VICE PRESIDENT: We are in the battle for the soul of this nation. I believe history will look back on four years of this president and all he embraces as an aberrant moment in time. But if we give Donald Trump eight years in the White House, he will … [Read more...] about Bernie Sanders compares felons voting to women’s suffrage and civil rights movements

Senate Democrats are working to shore up Republican support for anti-Asian hate crimes legislation ahead of a key test vote. The bill, from Sen. Mazie Hirono Mazie Keiko Hirono Senate GOP signal they won't filibuster debate of hate crimes bill Rep. Andy Kim on Asian hate: 'I've never felt this level of fear' Democrats work to pick up GOP support on anti-Asian hate crimes bill MORE (D-Hawaii), currently has no GOP co-sponsors. But there’s a bipartisan effort underway to fold separate hate crime legislation from GOP Sen. Jerry Moran Gerald (Jerry) Moran Senate GOP signal they won't filibuster debate of hate crimes bill Democrats work to pick up GOP support on anti-Asian hate crimes bill Bipartisan lawmakers call for action on anti-hate crime measures MORE (Kan.) and Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal (Conn.) into the bill, according to a senior Senate Democratic aide. The hope is that agreeing to add the legislation into the Hirono bill … [Read more...] about Democrats work to pick up GOP support on anti-Asian hate crimes bill

BOSTON (CBS) – Gov. Charlie Baker is set to provide an update on COVID vaccines in Massachusetts on Wednesday. It will be Baker’s first press availability since the FDA and CDC paused use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine while they investigate six rare but severe blood clotting cases in women who receved the single dose shot. You can watch the press conference live at 11:30 a.m. on CBSN Boston in the video above. It will take place at the Hynes Convention Center mass vaccination site. Baker will be joined at the event by Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito, Sec. of Health and Human Services Marylou Sudders, Red Sox president & CEO Sam Kennedy, The BASE Founder & president Robert Lewis Jr., and El Mundo Boston president & CEO Alberto Vasallo. … [Read more...] about Watch Live @ 11:30: Gov. Baker Update On COVID Vaccines Following Johnson & Johnson Pause

WHITE HOUSE - U.S. President Joe Biden is set to speak Wednesday about his decision to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by September 11 — the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. A senior administration official said ahead of the president’s remarks that Biden had determined “that the best path forward to advance American interests is to end the war in Afghanistan after 20 years, so that we can address the global threat picture as it exists today, not as it was two decades ago.” WATCH LIVE at 2:15pm EDT Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Brussels Wednesday to discuss the withdrawal plans with NATO allies, and said the United States remains committed to Afghanistan’s future. “Together we have achieved the goals that we set out to achieve, and now it is time to bring our forces home,” Blinken said. Biden’s decision will keep 3,000 U.S. troops on the ground in Afghanistan beyond the May 1 deadline that had been agreed … [Read more...] about US Troops to Leave Afghanistan by Sept. 11

Photo: Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images On Tuesday, the FDA and CDC recommended pausing the administration of the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine while the agencies investigate an extremely rare possible side effect. Six women in the U.S. who received the J&J vaccine — all between the ages of 18 and 28 — experienced a blood- clotting disorder called cerebral venous sinus thrombosis in the days after getting their shots, and one has died. It’s not yet clear if the clots were related to the vaccine, though a similar disorder has occurred abroad among some recipients of the AstraZeneca COVID vaccine, which uses the same adenovirus-vector technology as Johnson & Johnson’s. As scientists continue to research the cases to determine if and how they may be related to the shot, U.S. regulators’ sudden decision to pause J&J’s distribution has prompted widespread reaction from across the COVID-expert community. Below is an overview of what they are saying. Brown … [Read more...] about What Experts Are Saying About the Johnson & Johnson Vaccine Pause