Pelosi rips up State of the Union speech

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By Holly Thomas TOP STORIES ‌ Wednesday, February 5 ‌ PELOSI RIPS UP SPEECH House Speaker Nancy Pelosi ripped up her printed copy of President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address at the conclusion of his speech. The dramatic moment showed her tear and then toss the pages behind Trump’s back as he embraced a standing ovation at the conclusion of his address. [HuffPost] ‌ THE BIGGEST WHOPPERS FROM THE STATE OF THE UNION Even on message, the president’s State of the Union speech was all over the place, filled with exaggerations, misrepresentations and outright lies. He boasted about achievements in promoting peace between Israelis and Palestinians, even though his plan makes fighting between them even more likely. He claimed he is protecting preexisting conditions in health care, even though he has repeatedly tried to kill the Affordable Care Act. He bragged about the economy, even though its success has been in spite of his policies rather than because of them. [HuffPost] ‌ PARKLAND VICTIM'S DAD BOOTED FROM STATE OF THE UNION Gun control activist Fred Guttenberg, whose 14-year-old daughter Jaime was killed in the Parkland, Florida, school massacre, was removed from the House chamber for shouting as Trump spoke in favor of guns during his State of the Union address. [HuffPost] ‌ INITIAL IOWA RESULTS: SANDERS, BUTTIGIEG LEAD THE PACK Limited results released by the Iowa Democratic Party show Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders leading Iowa’s Democratic presidential caucuses, with Joe Biden in a surprising fourth place. Elizabeth Warren was in third place in the initial returns. [HuffPost] ‌ DNC CHAIRMAN: IOWA DEBACLE SHOULD 'NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN' Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez demanded answers from the tech firm behind the app that failed to properly submit results from the Iowa caucuses, saying that such a situation “should never happen again.” “It is clear that the app in question did not function adequately,” Perez said. [HuffPost] ‌ CORONAVIRUS KILLS NEARLY 500, AIRLINE URGES STAFF TO TAKE UNPAID LEAVE The coronavirus outbreak has killed 492 people worldwide, most in China, and infected more than 24,500 people across 25 countries. Cathay Pacific airline is urging 27,000 employees to take unpaid leave, and around 3,700 people are being held on a ship in Japan, including 400 Americans, after a passenger who had departed the vessel tested positive for the virus. [CNN] WHAT'S BREWING ‌ TRUMP'S SENATE SUPPORTERS GET STARK REMINDER The Senate is set to deliver its verdict in Trump’s impeachment trial today. Although the president is almost certain to be acquitted by the GOP-controlled Senate, Eleven Films has launched a last-minute effort to change some minds. “Midnight in Washington,” combines comments made by Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.), the lead House impeachment manager, with footage of Trump. [HuffPost] ‌ GIULIANI WANTS TRUMP TO INVESTIGATE BIDEN Rudy Giuliani said his client Trump should continue trying to investigate Joe Biden after the impeachment trial, even if the Senate acquits him on charges related to such behavior. [HuffPost] ‌ WEINSTEIN ACCUSER WANTS TO ENSURE VICTIMS AREN'T SILENCED At 24, Rowena Chiu was intimidated by Harvey Weinstein’s army of lawyers into signing away her rights and staying silent about the movie mogul’s alleged sexual assault on her when she worked in his London office. Since speaking out, Chiu has advocated reforming the use of nondisclosure agreements. [HuffPost] ‌ PRIEST TO DENY COMMUNION TO PRO-CHOICE LAWMAKERS A Rhode Island Catholic priest intends to deny Holy Communion and other church privileges to state lawmakers who supported an abortion rights bill signed into law last year. The Rev. Richard Bucci, a priest at West Warwick’s Sacred Heart Church, created a flier listing the names of 66 lawmakers who would be refused communion at his parish. [HuffPost] ‌ DRUG OVERDOSE DEATHS HAVE FALLEN The number of drug overdose deaths in the U.S. fell in 2018 — the first time that happened in 28 years, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Overall drug overdose deaths declined from more than 70,000 in 2017, the highest overdose death toll on record, to more than 67,000 in 2018. [Vox] ‌ BUSINESS SAGS WITHOUT CHINESE TOURISTS The manager of a hotel near New Jersey's Newark Liberty International Airport that relies on tourists from China estimated the loss from the coronavirus outbreak at “well over $100,000 and climbing.” A company that arranges Chinese-language bus tours of the sights in Manhattan is dealing with as many as 300 cancellations from Chinese tourists who cannot come to New York this week. 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