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5/24: Red and Blue

Congress expected to miss Biden’s police reform deadline; A look at the history of Tulsa’s Black Wall Street. Source

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Post-pandemic traumatic stress could last for years, mental health experts say

Life may be returning to normal for many Americans, but some are still dealing with the lingering mental and physical effects of the pandemic. Recent traumatic events like the death of George Floyd and the attack on the Capitol are also contributing to post-traumatic stress disorders. Tamar Rodney is an assistant professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. She joined CBSN’s Elaine Quijano to discuss. Source

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Expert discusses report on Wuhan COVID-19 cases, latest on vaccine

A Wall Street Journal report says lab researchers in Wuhan, China, sought hospital care for “symptoms consistent with both Covid-19 and common seasonal illness” in November 2019, a month before the first case of coronavirus was officially confirmed there. Dr. Jessica Justman, senior technical director at ICAP and associate professor of medicine in epidemiology at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, joins “Red and Blue” anchor Elaine Quijano with her reaction, plus insights into reports of heart problems in a small number of vaccinated young adults. Source

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Former U.S. election security official on how disinformation is driving voting restrictions

Republican lawmakers in Texas are moving closer to passing new voting restrictions, making it the largest to do so in the wake of fomer President Donald Trump’s 2020 election defeat. Matt Masterson, former lead election security official for the federal government’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, spoke to CBSN’s Tanya Rivero about how Trump’s false claims about fraud are driving changes to state laws. Source

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Maricopa County, Arizona elections official calls Trump’s false claim about a deleted database “unhinged”

A controversial audit of ballots from the 2020 election in Maricopa County, Arizona, has pitted some Republicans against each other. Former President Trump raised unfounded claims that a database was deleted, which Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer called “readily falsifiable” and “unhinged.” Richer joined “Red and Blue” anchor Elaine Quijano to discuss why he’s speaking up. Source

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New York City announces return to full-time in-person learning as COVID-19 cases drop

New York City plans to put an end to remote learning. CBS News’ Mola Lenghi reports on the change in the nation’s largest school district. Then, Dr. Ebony Jade Hilton, co-founder and medical director of Goodstock Consulting and an associate professor of anesthesiology and critical care medicine at the University of Virginia, joins CBSN’s Elaine Quijano to discuss the day’s coronavirus headlines. Source

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