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Harris to travel to Georgia on Wednesday
Kamala Harris will travel to Georgia to survey the impacts of Hurricane Helene on Wednesday, her office announced.
Harris will receive an on-the-ground briefing and will also provide updates on federal actions that are being taken to support emergency response and recovery efforts in Georgia and other impacted states in the southeast.
As of Monday, at least 15 people in Georgia have been killed by Hurricane Helene, including a first responder, according to local outlets.
Key events
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Here is a wrap-up of the day’s key events:
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Kamala Harris will travel to Georgia to survey the impacts of Hurricane Helene on Wednesday, her office announced. Harris will receive an on-the-ground briefing and will also provide updates on federal actions that are being taken to support emergency response and recovery efforts in Georgia and other impacted states in the southeast.
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The White House said on Tuesday that president Joe Biden will be traveling to North Carolina and South Carolina on Wednesday. Biden will take an aerial tour of areas impacted by Hurricane Helene in western North Carolina, receive operational briefings, and greet with first responders and local officials, the White House said in an announcement.
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The federal government has delivered more than 2.6 million ready-to-eat meals and more than 1 million liters of water, homeland security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said. “At its peak, there were 5.1 million customers without power … we’ve reduced that number of customers without power by 3.8 million people,” he added.
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Xavier Becerra, the US health and human services secretary, has declared a public health emergency for South Carolina and Tennessee to address the health impacts of Hurricane Helene. “We will do all we can to help officials in South Carolina and Tennessee respond to the health impacts of Hurricane Helene,” Becerra said in an announcement.
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The justice department has launched its first federal investigation of the Tulsa Race Massacre. On Monday, assistant attorney general Kristen Clarke announced the opening of the investigation under the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act.
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Here is Joe Biden’s statement on the negotiations between United States Maritime Alliance and the International Longshoremen’s Association: “Now is not the time for ocean carriers to refuse to negotiate a fair wage for these essential workers while raking in record profits. My administration will be monitoring for any price gouging activity that benefits foreign ocean carriers, including those on the USMX board.”
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A new survey from AARP published on Tuesday has vice-president Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump 50% to 47% among likely voters in the battleground state of Pennsylvania. The survey, conducted between the 14th and 24th of September, also showed a significant gender gap, with Harris ahead by 19 percentage points among female voters and Trump leading by 16 points with male voters.
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Jimmy Carter, a Democrat who served in the White House between 1977 and 1981, celebrates his 100th birthday today, making him the first US president to reach the milestone. Carter, who has suffered from health issues, including a melanoma that spread to his liver and brain, has been in hospice care at home in Plains, Georgia, since February 2023.
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Democratic US vice-president Kamala Harris and former Republican president Donald Trump are expected to watch the VP debate tonight. Trump has said he would offer a play-by-play commentary of the event on social media.
Here are some of the latest images coming through the newswires of Hurricane Helene:
Biden on USMX and ILA negotiations: ‘Now is not the time for ocean carriers to refuse to negotiate a fair wage’
Here is Joe Biden’s statement on the negotiations between United States Maritime Alliance and the International Longshoremen’s Association:
“Collective bargaining is the best way for workers to get the pay and benefits they deserve. I have urged USMX, which represents a group of foreign-owned carriers, to come to the table and present a fair offer to the workers of the International Longshoremen’s Association that ensures they are paid appropriately in line with their invaluable contributions.
Ocean carriers have made record profits since the pandemic and in some cases profits grew in excess of 800 percent compared to their profits prior to the pandemic. Executive compensation has grown in line with those profits and profits have been returned to shareholders at record rates. It’s only fair that workers, who put themselves at risk during the pandemic to keep ports open, see a meaningful increase in their wages as well.
As our nation climbs out of the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, dockworkers will play an essential role in getting communities the resources they need. Now is not the time for ocean carriers to refuse to negotiate a fair wage for these essential workers while raking in record profits. My administration will be monitoring for any price gouging activity that benefits foreign ocean carriers, including those on the USMX board.”
The federal government has delivered more than 2.6 million ready-to-eat meals and more than 1 million liters of water, homeland security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said.
“At its peak, there were 5.1 million customers without power … we’ve reduced that number of customers without power by 3.8 million people,” he added.
In response to a question about communities on the ground that have been badly affected by Hurricane Helene and feel that the government is not doing enough, Mayorkas said: “We are there, and we will continue to be there, and we will reach the most difficult to access locations. We are relentless in our efforts to ensure the safety and security of all.”
More than 100 people have been killed by Hurricane Helene across multiple states in recent days.
Homeland security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas is giving an update on Hurricane Helene.
During the White House press briefing, Mayorkas said, “Hurricane Helene is of a historic magnitude, this many states hit this hard, the wind field of the hurricane stretched 350 miles from its center.”
He added, “We are in different phases of a post hurricane environment, depending on the state and the location within the state. In some areas, we are still in search and recovery, search and rescue operations. And others, we are in the response and recovery phase.”
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has made federal assistance available to Georgia residents in 30 additional counties to help those impacted by Hurricane Helene.
In a news release issued on Tuesday, Fema said:
Individuals in Atkinson, Bacon, Ben Hill, Berrien, Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Chatham, Clinch, Colquitt, Cook, Echols, Emanuel, Evans, Glascock, Irwin, Jeff Davis, Jenkins, Johnson, Lanier, Laurens, Lincoln, McDuffie, Montgomery, Screven, Telfair, Treutlen, Ware, Washington and Wheeler counties may be eligible for grants for temporary housing and home repairs, low-cost loans to cover uninsured property losses and other programs to help them recover from the effects of the disaster.
According to Fema, in addition to housing expenses, survivors may be eligible for other serious disaster-related needs such as replacement of damaged personal property and expenses for transportation, childcare, moving and storage.
Republicans in Nevada are dismissing an effigy of a nude Donald Trump as “deplorable”.
The Guardian’s Edward Helmore reports:
A 43ft (13 meters) effigy of an entirely nude Donald Trump on the interstate from Las Vegas to Reno, Nevada, has been dismissed as “deplorable” and “pornographic” by Republicans in the state.
In a statement, the Nevada Republican party said it “strongly condemns” the effigy of the former president, which hangs from a crane, weighs 6,000lbs, is made from foam and rebar, is titled Crooked and Obscene and is expected to be brought to other cities as part of a nationwide tour.
“While families drive through Las Vegas, they are forced to view this offensive marionette, designed intentionally for shock value rather than meaningful dialogue,” said the party’s statement, invoking the name of a city that was essentially founded to capitalize on gambling and sex.
The artists behind the graphic effigy – who want to remain anonymous – told the Wrap that Trump’s nudity was “intentional, serving as a bold statement on transparency, vulnerability and the public personas of political figures”.
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Harris to travel to Georgia on Wednesday
Kamala Harris will travel to Georgia to survey the impacts of Hurricane Helene on Wednesday, her office announced.
Harris will receive an on-the-ground briefing and will also provide updates on federal actions that are being taken to support emergency response and recovery efforts in Georgia and other impacted states in the southeast.
As of Monday, at least 15 people in Georgia have been killed by Hurricane Helene, including a first responder, according to local outlets.
The justice department has launched its first federal investigation of the Tulsa Race Massacre.
On Monday, assistant attorney general Kristen Clarke announced the opening of the investigation under the Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act.
Under the act, the federal government is able to investigate civil and violent crimes committed before 1970.
“We acknowledge descendants of the survivors, and the victims continue to bear the trauma of this act of racial terrorism,” Clarke said, the Associated Press reports, referring to the tragedy in 1921 where white supremacists killed around hundreds of residents in Oklahoma while destroying around 1,250 homes and businesses.
The event is largely considered one of the most horrific incidents of racial violence in the history of the US.
Joe Biden has urged port operators to increase wages after 45,000 workers went on strike.
The Guardian’s Michael Sainato reports:
Biden has urged port operators to give workers a “meaningful increase” in pay after tens of thousands went on strike, prompting some of the busiest ports in the US to brace for crippling disruption.
About 45,000 port workers represented by the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) began walking off the job after their contracts expired at midnight, with 36 ports along the east and Gulf coasts affected. They typically handle about half of the nation’s ocean shipping.
Talks over a new contract between the ILA and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) have broken down, and the union dismissed a last-ditch offer from operators hours before the strike was due to began.
Hours after the strike began, the White House issued a robust statement calling on USMX to negotiate a “fair” contract that reflects “the substantial contribution” of ports workers to America’s economy.
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