An Upper East Side woman was halfway out of a window, 200 feet in the air, when cops started trying to calm her down yesterday afternoon. Their efforts worked, and officers were able to coax her back into the 85th Street building. We call it good work. The Post calls it “high drama.” We guess both apply. [NYP]
Horrific conditions reported at border facility
A legal team that recently interviewed over 60 children at a Border Patrol station in Texas says a traumatic and dangerous situation is unfolding for some 250 infants, children and teens locked up for up to 27 days without adequate food, water and sanitation.
A team of attorneys who recently visited the facility near El Paso told The Associated Press that three girls, ages 10 to 15, said they had been taking turns keeping watch over a sick 2-year-old boy because there was no one else to look after him.
When the lawyers saw the 2-year-old boy, he wasn’t wearing a diaper and had wet his pants, and his shirt was smeared in mucus. They said at least 15 children at the facility had the flu, and some were kept in medical quarantine. Children told lawyers that they were fed uncooked frozen food or rice and had gone weeks without bathing or a clean change of clothes at the facility in Clint, in the desert scrubland some 25 miles southeast of El Paso.
The fallout from Biden’s Tuesday-night comments continues
Former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. called a rival in the 2020 presidential campaign, Senator Cory Booker, to try to smooth over tensions late Wednesday night after Mr. Booker said that the former vice president should apologize for his warm comments about segregationist senators.
Mr. Biden made the call after Mr. Booker spent 20 minutes on CNN lambasting his remarks, according to two people familiar with the call. While the tone between the men was conciliatory, the former vice president stood by his remarks Thursday while his allies defended them.
The stock market seems unbothered by Iran tensions
Uh, maybe don’t say that
Iran releases image of where it claims to have shot down drone (in international waters)
Democratic incumbent Doug Jones is probably popping some champagne right now
Finally, we get to hear what this Trump guy thinks
Trump is really into the new Air Force One model, even showing it off to visitors
Voter enthusiasm for Trump impeachment hasn’t changed that much lately
It’s clear that Trump really doesn’t want to go to war with Iran
Four House Democrats have endorsed impeachment today alone, including Velazquez
It’s down to two in the UK, with Johnson very likely to win
Having the U.S. military attack another country is just another fun reality show twist
He’s clearly learned a lot about countering those “Bernie Bro” stereotypes
On Wednesday night’s edition of CNN’s Cuomo PrimeTime, anchor Chris Cuomo described recent polling showing Warren catching — and even surpassing, in some cases — Sanders in the polls, and asked him “What do you think the reason is that Elizabeth Warren is catching up to you in polls? Do you believe that people see her as the more electable version of Bernie Sanders?”
“Well, I think we are running against a lot of problems,” Sanders said, and then described two of those “problems.”
“I think that there are certain number of people who would like to see a woman elected, and I understand that,” Sanders said. “There are people who would like to see somebody who was younger, and I understand that also. There are a lot of factors out there.”
“Elizabeth is a friend of mine, I think she’s running a good campaign,” Sanders continued, “but at the end of the day, Chris, whether it’s Biden or Warren, Elizabeth Warren, or anybody else, what I believe is that in fact I am the strongest candidate to defeat Donald Trump, and I think some of the polling shows that.”
America is getting older
The graying of America continues.
The national median age rose to 38.2 years last year, according to newly released data from the U.S. Census Bureau. That suggests half of the U.S. population is more than 38-years-old and half is younger. By gender, the median for woman is 39.5 while for men its 36.9 years.
The aging of America is widespread with 49 of 50 states showing an uptick in older residents. North Dakota was the only state to see a decline in its median age, from 37 years in 2010 to 35.2 in 2018.
Pelosi comes to Biden’s defense, sort of
Trump’s first public reaction to Iran shooting down a U.S. drone is not reassuring
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