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‘Stay strong and fight back’: Trump urges Fox News to dig in on Carlson and Pirro
“Bring back @JudgeJeanine Pirro,” President Donald Trump tweeted. Pirro has been criticized for appearing to question the patriotism of a Muslim-American member of Congress. | Bryan R. Smith/AFP/Getty Images
The president’s Twitter screed followed a particularly bruising week for the conservative cable news outlet.
President Donald Trump seemed to adopt the role of programmer in chief on Sunday, firing off a series of tweets that singled out for solidarity and scorn various anchors at his favorite network, Fox News, and suggested that federal regulators should bear down on “Saturday Night Live” and NBC.
The president’s posts directed at Fox News followed a particularly bruising week for the conservative cable outlet. Last Sunday, audio clips surfaced of misogynistic comments that prime-time host Tucker Carlson made on a Florida shock jock’s radio show from 2006 to 2011, and fellow talking head Jeanine Pirro was roundly rebuked the same weekend for appearing to question the patriotism of a Muslim-American member of Congress.
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Fox News did not air Pirro’s weekly program, “Justice,” on Saturday night, and CNN reported Sunday that she has been suspended from the network. The president made clear that he was no fan of the unannounced lineup change.
“Bring back @JudgeJeanine Pirro,” Trump said in a tweet Sunday. “The Radical Left Democrats, working closely with their beloved partner, the Fake News Media, is using every trick in the book to SILENCE a majority of our Country. They have all out campaigns against @FoxNews hosts who are doing too well.”
In another message, the president wrote that Fox News “must stay strong and fight back with vigor.” Framing the public relations fracas in gladiatorial terms, Trump advised the network to “continue to fight for our Country” and “[s]top working soooo hard on being politically correct, which will only bring you down.”
“The losers all want what you have, don’t give it to them,” the president wrote online. “Be strong & prosper, be weak & die!”
Trump regularly tweets segments of Fox News shows and offers praise and promotion for its on-screen talent. But the president’s screed on Sunday marked perhaps his most forceful demand yet to the network on which the White House often relies for interviews, messaging to Republican voters and generally favorable coverage of the administration’s directives.
Trump’s unsolicited counsel to the television executives also conformed to his personal brand of yield-no-ground crisis management and underscored the political nature of what conservative allies have branded as a partisan pressure campaign against Fox News. Neither Carlson nor Pirro has apologized for their controversial remarks.
“Stay true … to the people that got you there. Keep fighting for Tucker, and fight hard for @JudgeJeanine,” Trump wrote online. “Your competitors are jealous — they all want what you’ve got — NUMBER ONE. Don’t hand it to them on a silver platter. They can’t beat you, you can only beat yourselves!”
The tough love didn’t stop there. Roughly 4½ hours later, the president aimed his Twitter feed at three anchors from the network’s news division, including Shepard Smith — whose daily afternoon broadcast is widely viewed as one of Fox News’ more even-handed hours of TV.
“Were @FoxNews weekend anchors, @ArthelNeville and @LelandVittert, trained by CNN prior to their ratings collapse?” Trump tweeted. “In any event, that’s where they should be working, along with their lowest rated anchor, Shepard Smith!”
Earlier in the morning, Trump had indicated for the second time in two months that government officials should scrutinize “Saturday Night Live,” the satirical sketch show that airs weekly on NBC, for potential abuses.
“It’s truly incredible that shows like Saturday Night Live, not funny/no talent, can spend all of their time knocking the same person (me), over & over, without so much of a mention of ‘the other side,’” the president tweeted. “Like an advertisement without consequences. Same with Late Night Shows.”
“Should Federal Election Commission and/or FCC look into this?” Trump wrote in a separate post. “There must be Collusion with the Democrats and, of course, Russia!”
In February, the president questioned how NBC and other networks with programming critical of the White House “get away with these total Republican hit jobs without retribution.”
He tweeted: “Very unfair and should be looked into. This is the real Collusion!”
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Russell Westbrook Suspended 1 Game for Picking Up 16th Technical Foul of Season
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The NBA announced Sunday it would not be rescinding Russell Westbrook‘s 16th technical foul from Saturday, meaning the Oklahoma City Thunder guard will be suspended for one game.
Westbrook will serve the suspension Monday against the Miami Heat.
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Westbrook was called for his 16th technical during the team’s 110-88 loss to the Golden State Warriors. After not getting a call on a drive in the second quarter, Westbrook ran up to Klay Thompson and chest-bumped him, earning a foul, before immediately turning to the referee and beginning to argue about the previous non-call.
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After seeing Westbrook get frustrated into a tech, Klay walks around the floor with a satisfied smile on his face.
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I wonder if a player is ever going to go back at Westbrook. That hit on Klay being an example.
The official, in turn, gave him a technical.
“I understand sometimes when those guys are going in there and they’re getting hit and they’re getting fouled, it’s hard,” Thunder coach Billy Donovan said after the game, per Royce Young of ESPN.com. “And these guys invest a lot into the game. Obviously, I want Russell playing, and I want him out there, but we’ll see what happens and how this all shakes out.”
Westbrook, on the other hand, was less interested in talking about the play in question:
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Russell Westbrook on if he is optimistic about getting his 16th technical rescinded: “Next question.”
If he was aware he was at 15: “Next question.”
If he’s disappointed to be facing a suspension: “Next question.”
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Wrong clip attached. THIS is Westbrook next-questioning questions about technical foul No. 16. https://t.co/Vb7Xmsc5jh
It was a tough night for Westbrook, who scored just seven points on a dreadful display from the field (2-of-16) to go along with nine assists and eight boards.
And it’s a disappointing development for a 42-28 Thunder team jockeying for postseason position. Oklahoma City is currently fifth in the Western Conference, trailing the Houston Rockets by 1.5 games for the third seed and the Portland Trail Blazers by a half-game for the fourth seed.
With home-court advantage for the first round of the Western Conference playoffs still up for grabs, missing Westbrook for even one game is a tough blow.
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‘Never seen so much rain’: Zimbabweans struggle with storm floods
Chipinge, Zimbabwe – The death toll from cyclone Idai continues to rise as southern African countries struggle to deal with the devastating aftermath of the torrential downpours.
The powerful storm has killed at least 64 people in Zimbabwe in recent days, government officials say, while in neighbouring Mozambique the death toll has jumped to 48.
Idai made landfall in Mozambique on Thursday evening before proceeding to Zimbabwe and Malawi, causing flash floods, wrecking infrastructure and leaving communities without electricity.
More than a million people have been affected, including tens of thousands who have been displaced, according to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.
In Zimbabwe’s Eastern Highlands, the heavy rains had died out by Sunday – but only after causing widespread destruction.
In Chipinge, an eastern town some 450km southeast of the capital, Harare, transport links were cut off after a road was damaged due to water pressure.
A bus carrying passengers bound for Harare was stuck in a mush of soft tar and mud. A few small cars managed to bypass the sludge when volunteers and soldiers laid down a makeshift path made of wooden planks.
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| Volunteers try to push a car stuck in the broken muddy road in Chipinge, Zimbabwe [Tendai Marima/Al Jazeera] |
Transport engineers told Al Jazeera that the works to repair the damaged road could take up to a day, leaving locals trying to leave the flooded town straned.
Gladys Nyandoro, a 58-year-old Chipinge resident whose home had been flooded, said she would seek alternative transport to continue her journey with her son to a temporary shelter in Harare.
“I could only leave with a few clothes, but my house is full of water. I have never seen so much rain since we moved back here,” she said of her husband’s communal home.
“I just want to go back to Harare; this area is too much for me.”
Anesu Chitepo, a 22-year-old shopkeeper, said his grocery store had been affected by erratic power outages caused by the heavy rains.
“We can’t be happy to think this rain is a blessing, when everything it touches is destroyed,” he said. “This will only bring us more trouble, than the real water we wanted.”
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| A man walks past the Devuli River in southeastern Zimbabwe where water levels have risen significantly [Tendai Marima/Al Jazeera] |
Zimbabwe’s government has declared the torrential storm a disaster and dispatched members of the military and national youth service to help evacuate stranded villagers.
Meanwhile, the country’s Civil Protection Unit has been using helicopters to gain access to the remote town of Chimanimani, on the northeastern border with Mozambique.
Local aid groups are yet access the area where dozens are thought to be missing and hundreds more are in urgent need of humanitarian aid.
According to Joshua Sacco, a local member of parliament, all four bridges leading to the mountainous town have been damaged.
“We have people stranded in this area, but the access roads to this area have landslides,” he said.
“There is nothing, we don’t have any road accessible,” added Sacco.
“The best form of help we need is an excavator or a grader to clear the roads.”
The cyclone has brought torrential rains and winds thought to be worst in decades since Cyclone Eline struck the region in 2000.
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NO. 11 LOYOLA-CHICAGO DOWNS NO. 3 TENNESSEE RIGHT BEFORE THE BUZZER. THE RAMBLERS ARE STILL DANCING.
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Philippines officially out of the International Criminal Court
The Philippines has officially withdrawn from the International Criminal Court (ICC), though the beleaguered tribunal has pledged to pursue its examination of alleged illegal killings in the government’s drug war.
Manila’s withdrawal on Sunday came a year after it told the United Nations it was quitting the world’s only permanent war crimes tribunal, becoming the second nation to do so after Burundi.
“The secretary-general … informed all concerned states that the withdrawal will take effect for the Philippines on 17 March,” UN spokesperson Eri Kaneko told the AFP news agency on Friday.
Under the treaty, withdrawal is only effective one year after a country gives written notice of its decision to the UN secretary-general.
A signatory country also can “not be discharged” of any cases already pending in the court before the withdrawal.
That means the probe into possible crimes against humanity in the president’s drug war launched by ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda in February 2018 would continue.
“The suspension of the withdrawal for a period of 12 months … is to prevent situations just like this where a state is accused of war crimes, crimes against humanity and they withdraw to shield themselves from prosecution,” Toby Cadman, an international human rights lawyer, told Al Jazeera.
“The whole point is that you cannot be permitted to do that. So the ICC will continue and will have jurisdiction over prosecuting the president and senior officials who are considered to be responsible.”
‘Never part of the ICC’
The departure of the Philippines follows the court being hit in recent years by high-profile acquittals and moves by several nations to drop out.
Manila moved to quit after the body launched a preliminary examination in 2018 into President Rodrigo Duterte‘s drug crackdown that has killed thousands and drawn international censure.
However, the president’s spokesman said Sunday the nation never legally joined the treaty that underpins the court, a reference to an argument that the Philippines did not complete all the steps to formalise its adoption.
“Our position on the matter remains clear, unequivocal and inflexible: The Philippines never became a state party to the Rome Statute which created the ICC,” spokesman Salvador Panelo said in a statement.
“As far as we are concerned, this tribunal is non-existent and its actions a futile exercise,” he added.
Duterte’s drug war is his signature policy initiative and he defends it fiercely, especially from international critics like Western leaders and institutions which he says do not care about his country.
Controversial war on drugs
Duterte has made it clear his government will not cooperate with the ICC in any way.
The court “can never acquire jurisdiction over my person, not in a million years,” he said in a speech on Wednesday.
Rights group Amnesty International said on Sunday the withdrawal should prompt the UN Human Rights Council to probe the killings.
“Filipinos bravely challenging the ‘war on drugs’ or seeking justice for their loved ones need international support to help them end this climate of fear, violence and impunity,” said Amnesty International regional director Nicholas Bequelin.
The ICC examination, which is one step before a full-blown probe, zeroes in on allegations that the government has been involved in illegal killings as part of the crackdown Duterte launched in mid-2016.
Police say they have killed 5,176 users or pushers who resisted arrest, but rights groups say the actual number of dead is at least triple that.
Critics have alleged the crackdown amounts to a war on the poor that feeds an undercurrent of impunity and lawlessness in the nation of 106 million.
The Philippines’s move to exit follows a string of setbacks for the ICC, including the January acquittal of former Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo and the June 2018 not guilty verdict for former DR Congo Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba.
In a wave of unprecedented defections, other African nations – Zambia, South Africa, Kenya and Gambia – have also made moves to quit or expressed interest in withdrawing as they accused the court of being biased against Africans.
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Friday the United States will revoke or deny visas to ICC personnel seeking to investigate possible war crimes by US forces or allies in Afghanistan
However, the court this month got a boost when Malaysia officially joined, making it one of just a handful of Asian members.
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Clyde Frazier Says LeBron James ‘Doesn’t Really Care’; Isn’t Part of Lakers
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Basketball Hall of Fame point guard Walt “Clyde” Frazier criticized Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James for not being involved in team discussions during a timeout in Sunday’s game against the New York Knicks.
Frazier, who currently works as a color commentator for Knicks coverage on MSG, suggested James’ lack of effort to show he’s “part of the team” illustrates “he doesn’t really care:”
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Clyde Frazier criticizes LeBron for not being “part of the team” and says “he doesn’t really care”
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James’ seeming indifference about what’s going on during Lakers huddles has become a talking point in recent weeks since he turned his back on head coach Luke Walton and Co. during a Feb. 27 stoppage against the New Orleans Pelicans.
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LEBRON NOT IN HUDDLE DURING TIMEOUT #lakers #lakeshow https://t.co/kJKjmN9OYM
With L.A. owning a record—31-38 going into Sunday’s game—that’s well short of expectations following the blockbuster offseason signing of James, the four-time NBA MVP provided lukewarm praise of Walton before a March 6 loss to the Denver Nuggets.
“One thing that’s been consistent is the voice of our head coach,” he told reporters. “Throughout all the injuries, he’s been the one that’s remained the same and consistent throughout the whole year.”
Behind the scenes, however, it appears the Lakers are preparing to make a coaching change.
“The prevailing assumption in league coaching circles remains that Walton will almost certainly be dismissed after the season, followed by the Lakers resuming their trade quest for [Pelicans star Anthony] Davis,” Marc Stein of the New York Times reported March 3.
In January, ESPN’s Jackie MacMullan (via Chris Bengel of CBS Sports) noted: “It’s clear to me … that LeBron’s camp would prefer a coaching change. They’re not too subtle about that.”
The bottom line is every move James takes and each comment he makes during the rest of the regular season will likely be overanalyzed as the Lakers prepare for a crucial summer.
Frazier’s pointed remarks are just the latest example.
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More heavy rain due as cyclone Idai leaves trail of destruction
Weather experts are warning that a “staggering” amount of rain is set to continue battering parts of southeastern Africa, already devastated by a vicious cyclone that has killed more than 150 people in several countries.
Cyclone Idai has affected more than 1.5 million people in Mozambique, Malawi and Zimbabwe, according to officials.
The International Federation of Red Cross And Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said in a statement on Saturday that at least 126 people had died in Mozambique, Malawi and South Africa after a week of heavy rains and flooding. In Zimbabwe, the country’s information ministry put the death toll from flooding at 31.
On Sunday, hundreds of people remained missing, while tens of thousands were cut off from roads and communication lines.
A glimpse into the trail of destruction to infrastructure and nature as Cyclone Idai sweeps over Eastern Zimbabwe. @ICRC_SAfrica @IFRCAfrica @ItalyinZimbabwe @SwedeninZW @BritishRedCross @RedCross @SABCNewsOnline @ZBCNewsonline @kimstambuli @takemorem1 pic.twitter.com/zm9L0D92lZ
— Zimbabwe Red Cross (@ZrcsRed) March 16, 2019
Mozambique’s central port city of Beira was hardest hit, with the airport closed and many homes destroyed.
The IFRC said aid workers were trying to reach the city – Mozambique’s fourth largest and home to some 500,000 people – by road in order to help establish a response operation and assess the damage.
“The extent of the destruction remains unclear, but first-hand information provided by our local colleagues indicate that many parts of Beira have been seriously damaged,” said Jamie LeSueur, IFRC’s head of emergency operations, who is leading the team.
“Houses have been destroyed, trees and electric poles have fallen. Electricity and communications have been cut.”
Al Jazeera’s Malcolm Webb, reporting from Espungabera, some 300km from Beira, said the destruction caused by the “enormous” amount of rain was hampering aid efforts.
“Since the cyclone hit Mozambique’s coast, there have been torrential rains and strong winds – rivers have swollen and power lines have blown down,” said Webb.
“Cyclones are common on the Indian Ocean at this time of year, but few of them hit the land and this has been particularly destructive,” he added.
The storm made landfall on Mozambique on Thursday, with wind gusts of about 160 kilometres per hour, causing ocean waves of up to nine metres high.
‘Further heavy downpours’
Al Jazeera meteorologist Everton Fox said on Sunday that even though the winds had died down, the torrential rains were expected to continue – before stopping next week.
“Over the next three days, we are going to see as much as 900mm of rain,” he said. “That’s a staggering amount of rain that will inevitably cause further problems,” added Fox.
“We are going to see further heavy downpours and the flooding will worsen.”
Amid the warnings, Mozambique’s President Filipe Nyusi and his Zimbabwean counterpart, Emmerson Mnangagwa, cut short trips abroad to deal with the effects of the powerful cyclone.
The two leaders had both left their countries as the cyclone hit their respective countries, drawing criticism from some who thought they should have stayed at home to address a disaster whose overwhelming magnitude has not been experienced in years.
State radio in Mozambique reported that Nyusi planned to visit affected areas after returning from Eswatini, formerly known as Swaziland, on Sunday.
Mnangagwa was returning home from the United Arab Emirates “to make sure he is involved directly with the national response by way of relief to victims of Cyclone Idai,” the information ministry said on Sunday.
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