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• China president in rare visit to virus patients, medics
• Elizabeth Warren zings Mike Pence in answer about running mates, dogs
• China reports 97 new coronavirus deaths on mainland on Sunday, toll rises to 908

China president in rare visit to virus patients, medics Posted: 10 Feb 2020 01:18 PM PST Chinese President Xi Jinping donned a face mask and had his temperature checked Monday while visiting medical workers and patients affected by the deadly coronavirus that has killed more than 900 people. The outbreak has prompted unprecedented action by the Chinese government, including locking down entire cities in Hubei as well as cutting transport links nationwide, closing tourist attractions and telling hundreds of millions of people to stay indoors. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

Elizabeth Warren zings Mike Pence in answer about running mates, dogs Posted: 10 Feb 2020 01:21 AM PST At a campaign event in Lebanon, New Hampshire, on Sunday, a guy named Josh asked Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) what she would look for in a vice president if she were to win the Democratic nomination and the 2020 election. He mentioned her dog, Bailey, before roping in the current vice president. "Do you whisper into Bailey's ear: 'Who is going to be my Mike Pence? Who is gonna look at me with adoring eyes?'" Josh asked. "I already have a dog," Warren quipped. The audience loved it.> More of her answer pic.twitter.com/PCifvllXVc> > — Tommy X-TrumpIsARacist-opher (@tommyxtopher) February 10, 2020But Warren did go on to answer the question: "It's so easy to get discouraged and to say Mitch McConnell just ruins everything — there's a lot of truth in that, too — but it isn't everything. There is a lot we can still do. ... What kind of vice president do I want? I want someone who's going to be in the fight with me. I want a partner." Warren is trailing in third or fourth place in recent polls in New Hampshire, which holds its primary on Tuesday.More stories from theweek.com American democracy is dying For better pasta sauce, throw away your garlic Trump's $4.8 trillion budget would cut domestic safety net, hike military spending This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

China reports 97 new coronavirus deaths on mainland on Sunday, toll rises to 908 Posted: 09 Feb 2020 07:14 PM PST The death toll from a coronavirus outbreak in mainland China rose to 908 as of the end of Sunday, the National Health Commission (NHC) said on Monday. The number of new deaths on Sunday rose 97, the NHC said in a statement on its website, another daily record increase. The number of new confirmed infections on mainland China on Sunday increased, after declining on Saturday below 3,000 cases for the first time since Feb. 2. This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now

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