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Sanders tries to keep momentum going after big weekend wins – campaign live Sanders tries to keep momentum going after big weekend wins – campaign live
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8.28pm BST
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US Capitol in lockdown after police officer shot
Ben Jacobs
One Capitol police officer has been shot and a shooter is in custody, US officials have told the Associated Press.
The US Capitol was placed on lockdown and all staff ordered to shelter in place after reports of gunshots being fired in the Capitol visitors center, police said on Monday afternoon.
The US Capitol police shut down the entire Capitol complex due to a “potential security threat” following reports of gunfire, according to an alert emailed to Capitol staff.
The alert states that no one will be allowed to enter or exit the buildings though people are allowed to move within the buildings and underground between buildings. The police warned those outside to seek cover.
Due to police activity, Capitol Police have issued a shelter in place for the Capitol complex. Please stay in your designated area. #alert
The lockdown also applied to the White House where Secret Service agents closed off the stretch of Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House as well as Lafayette Square. The area, a magnet for tourists and lunching office workers, was left with only police tape and agents in bulletproof vests on the sunny spring afternoon.
Congress is in recess, with few lawmakers in Washington.
8.08pm BST
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One Capitol Police officer has been shot and the shooter is now in custody, according to AP.
APNewsAlert: Capitol officials: 1 Capitol police officer shot, not seriously, shooter in custody.
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Capitol Hill and the White House are currently in lockdown because of this reported shooting. As the AP reports:Capitol Hill and the White House are currently in lockdown because of this reported shooting. As the AP reports:
The U.S. Capitol Police are telling staff in the Capitol complex to shelter in place after a report of gunshots being fired in the Capitol Visitors Center.The U.S. Capitol Police are telling staff in the Capitol complex to shelter in place after a report of gunshots being fired in the Capitol Visitors Center.
...The situation was apparently contained to the Visitors Center but no further information was immediately available....The situation was apparently contained to the Visitors Center but no further information was immediately available.
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Reports of a shooting at the US Capitol Visitor Center, with US Capitol Police responding.Reports of a shooting at the US Capitol Visitor Center, with US Capitol Police responding.
*SHOTS FIRED AT U.S. CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER: CAPITOL POLICE*SHOTS FIRED AT U.S. CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER: CAPITOL POLICE
7.42pm BST7.42pm BST
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Guns banned at RNC, says Secret ServiceGuns banned at RNC, says Secret Service
Temperatures will already be running hot at the possibly-contested Republican National Convention in July, but no one will be packing heat, after Secret Service ruled that guns are banned.Temperatures will already be running hot at the possibly-contested Republican National Convention in July, but no one will be packing heat, after Secret Service ruled that guns are banned.
A petition with 45,000 signatures and counting called on event organizers to allow people to carry guns. Ohio is an open carry state, but the venue, the Quicken Loans Arena, bans all firearms.A petition with 45,000 signatures and counting called on event organizers to allow people to carry guns. Ohio is an open carry state, but the venue, the Quicken Loans Arena, bans all firearms.
Only law enforcement would be allowed to carry gun, said the Secret Service spokesman.Only law enforcement would be allowed to carry gun, said the Secret Service spokesman.
“Individuals determined to be carrying firearms will not be allowed past a predetermined outer perimeter checkpoint, regardless of whether they possess a ticket to the event,” spokesman Robert Hoback told The Hill.“Individuals determined to be carrying firearms will not be allowed past a predetermined outer perimeter checkpoint, regardless of whether they possess a ticket to the event,” spokesman Robert Hoback told The Hill.
When questioned about it at a recent news conference in Wisconsin, candidate Ted Cruz supported the Secret Service’s policy.When questioned about it at a recent news conference in Wisconsin, candidate Ted Cruz supported the Secret Service’s policy.
“Secret Service is going to have principal decision making,” said Cruz.“Secret Service is going to have principal decision making,” said Cruz.
7.32pm BST7.32pm BST
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Trump not suing over Louisiana delegatesTrump not suing over Louisiana delegates
Ben JacobsBen Jacobs
The “lawsuit” threatened by Donald Trump on Twitter over the weekend against the Louisiana Republican Party, will be a challenge in the RNC Committee on Contests.The “lawsuit” threatened by Donald Trump on Twitter over the weekend against the Louisiana Republican Party, will be a challenge in the RNC Committee on Contests.
Top Trump aide Barry Bennett clarified that the campaign will not seek litigate the matter, which is likely non-justiciable and instead go through the RNC’s internal process for fights over delegates.Top Trump aide Barry Bennett clarified that the campaign will not seek litigate the matter, which is likely non-justiciable and instead go through the RNC’s internal process for fights over delegates.
The Wall Street Journal reported last week that despite Trump’s win of the popular vote in the Pelican State, supporters of Texas senator Ted Cruz had captured control of the delegation through internal maneuvering. Both Trump and Cruz won 18 delegates apiece in the state’s March 5 primary while Marco Rubio won five delegates and the remaining five delegates are unbound free agents.The Wall Street Journal reported last week that despite Trump’s win of the popular vote in the Pelican State, supporters of Texas senator Ted Cruz had captured control of the delegation through internal maneuvering. Both Trump and Cruz won 18 delegates apiece in the state’s March 5 primary while Marco Rubio won five delegates and the remaining five delegates are unbound free agents.
7.30pm BST7.30pm BST
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Ted Cruz just spoke with reporters in Wisconsin about terrorism, jobs and his ongoing quibbles with Donald Trump.Ted Cruz just spoke with reporters in Wisconsin about terrorism, jobs and his ongoing quibbles with Donald Trump.
The Texas Senator claimed that he would destroy ISIS. “Jihadists across the globe, your day of reckoning is coming,” said Cruz.The Texas Senator claimed that he would destroy ISIS. “Jihadists across the globe, your day of reckoning is coming,” said Cruz.
He said jobs was his biggest campaign issue, bringing back jobs to the US and driving wages up. “We’re going to see people coming out of school with 2,3,4 job opportunities. That’s what this election is about.He said jobs was his biggest campaign issue, bringing back jobs to the US and driving wages up. “We’re going to see people coming out of school with 2,3,4 job opportunities. That’s what this election is about.
And Cruz slammed Trump for retweeting a disparaging comment about his wife last week.And Cruz slammed Trump for retweeting a disparaging comment about his wife last week.
“No candidate should be doing what Donald Trump did last week which was attacking my wife and attacking my family,” said Cruz. “Let me get an answer from the American people… who cares? Who cares what Donald Trump is tweeting at night?“No candidate should be doing what Donald Trump did last week which was attacking my wife and attacking my family,” said Cruz. “Let me get an answer from the American people… who cares? Who cares what Donald Trump is tweeting at night?
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Kasich’s campaign strategist John Weaver tweeted even more detail about the Kasich campaign changing its radio buy in Wisconsin, since many on social media immediately took it to mean that the Ohio governor was dropping out of the race.Kasich’s campaign strategist John Weaver tweeted even more detail about the Kasich campaign changing its radio buy in Wisconsin, since many on social media immediately took it to mean that the Ohio governor was dropping out of the race.
Instead, Weaveer says more money is being spent in specific key congressional districts, since both New York and Wisconsin are winner-take-all states when it comes to delegates.Instead, Weaveer says more money is being spent in specific key congressional districts, since both New York and Wisconsin are winner-take-all states when it comes to delegates.
Allocating additional $ in key CDs, reallocating in others in WI. Going up in New York today/tomorrow, to be followed soon in PA. #targetingAllocating additional $ in key CDs, reallocating in others in WI. Going up in New York today/tomorrow, to be followed soon in PA. #targeting
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Some clarification from the Kasich campaign about the cut down in radio ad buys in Wisconsin, by Dave Weigel from the Washington Post.Some clarification from the Kasich campaign about the cut down in radio ad buys in Wisconsin, by Dave Weigel from the Washington Post.
Kasich spox: "We are increasing our buys in some Congressional Districts in Wisconsin and reallocating in some others."Kasich spox: "We are increasing our buys in some Congressional Districts in Wisconsin and reallocating in some others."
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Yesterday a tombstone for presidential wannabe Donald J Trump mysteriously turned up in Central Park on a sunny New York Sunday.Yesterday a tombstone for presidential wannabe Donald J Trump mysteriously turned up in Central Park on a sunny New York Sunday.
It’s currently unknown which pranksters erected the stone tribute -- it shows Trump’s actual birth year -- but the Parks Department had removed it by Sunday evening.It’s currently unknown which pranksters erected the stone tribute -- it shows Trump’s actual birth year -- but the Parks Department had removed it by Sunday evening.
5.41pm BST
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John Kasich is hosting a town hall at West Salem, Wisconsin at 1pm CT, and the crowd is already filling up. You can watch the livestream of it here.
John Kasich's event filling up in West Salem pic.twitter.com/PueMNbQEAC
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5.36pm BST
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This from the Wisconsin radio host who interviewed Trump this morning...
BREAKING: Kasich campaign immediately pulling all radio ads from Wisconsin markets.
4.54pm BST
16:54
Jill Abramson, the former executive editor of The New York Times, is now an official political columnist for The Guardian.
While she’s already been writing semi-regularly for the last few months, today’s piece on Hillary Clinton’s honesty kicks of her new column, which will run every two weeks.
I would be “dead rich”, to adapt an infamous Clinton phrase, if I could bill for all the hours I’ve spent covering just about every “scandal” that has enveloped the Clintons. As an editor I’ve launched investigations into her business dealings, her fundraising, her foundation and her marriage. As a reporter my stories stretch back to Whitewater. I’m not a favorite in Hillaryland. That makes what I want to say next surprising.
Hillary Clinton is fundamentally honest and trustworthy.
The yardsticks I use for measuring a politician’s honesty are pretty simple. Ever since I was an investigative reporter covering the nexus of money and politics, I’ve looked for connections between money (including campaign donations, loans, Super Pac funds, speaking fees, foundation ties) and official actions. I’m on the lookout for lies, scrutinizing statements candidates make in the heat of an election.
The connection between money and action is often fuzzy. Many investigative articles about Clinton end up “raising serious questions” about “potential” conflicts of interest or lapses in her judgment. Of course, she should be held accountable. It was bad judgment, as she has said, to use a private email server. It was colossally stupid to take those hefty speaking fees, but not corrupt. There are no instances I know of where Clinton was doing the bidding of a donor or benefactor.
Read the rest here.
Related: This may shock you: Hillary Clinton is fundamentally honest | Jill Abramson
4.35pm BST
16:35
“We have a path toward victory,” declared Bernie Sanders after the weekend wins in Alaska, Hawaii and Washington.
But is that true? Tom McCarthy -- who has been allowed to step off the blog hamster wheel for a day -- is currently writing about the odds of Sanders nabbing the nomination after his recent gains. Stay tuned.
4.13pm BST
16:13
This just in: Ted Cruz will appear on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Wednesday, his debut on the late night show.
So far, the Republicans have mainly avoided the late night shows. Last week Sanders and Clinton both made appearances on Kimmel, with the former Secretary of State performing a pretty funny bit about mansplaining.
Clinton: “[Mansplains is] when a man explains something to a women in a patronising way”
Kimmel: “Actually it’s when a man explains something to a woman in a condescending way. But you were close.”
3.51pm BST
15:51
Trump defends his attitudes to women
More from that feisty Donald Trump interview with Wisconsin radio host Charles Sykes this morning.
Sykes said to Trump that “conservative women [are] repelled by your attitude and treatment of women” and played the ad currently getting a lot of airtime in Wisconsin, which shows real women reading out the foul quotes Trump has said about women over the years.
“Women are just going to see what I’ve done. I’ve hired tremendous numbers of women, women are in the highest executive positions, I pay women in many cases more than I pay men, which is more than most people can say,” said Trump.
When quizzed re Fox News’ Megyn Kelly -- Trump has refused to participate in presidential debates because Kelly would be one of the interviews -- Trump said it wasn’t because she was a woman.
“I’m not a fan of Megyn Kelly. I’m allowed to say that. If Megyn Kelly were a man, I would be saying the exact same things about Megyn Kelly,” he said.
“I have been better to women than any of these candidates… people have said that in terms of breaking the glass ceiling, I was a leader in it,” said Trump.
It seems the GOP hot favorite was unaware that his attitudes towards women were still part of the campaign.
“I thought this was a dead issue until I just spoke to you,” said Trump.
Here’s the entire interview.
3.28pm BST
15:28
In important national news, the White House will host the 138th Egg Roll this morning, with festivities kicking off at 10.30am. More than 35,000 people are expected.
3.19pm BST
15:19
The battle of the wives continued with Donald Trump refusing to apologize for having public spats with Ted Cruz about whose wife is prettier, during an interview with Charles Sykes, a Wisconsin radio shock jock this morning.
“I didn’t start it. He started it,” said Trump.
“Wow. You realize we’re not on a playground and that you’re running for president, right?” said Sykes, a well-known Cruz supporter and part of the #NeverTrump movement.
“My views are not playground views,” replied Trump.
2.49pm BST
14:49
NYPD Commissioner slams Cruz comments
New York City Police Commissioner Bill Bratton attacked Ted Cruz’s comments on the NYPD muslim monitoring program in an interview with MSNBC’s Morning Joe today.
The NYPD “demographics unit” was a group of 14-16 detectives who monitored and mapped the Muslim communities in New York City with the idea of watching for possible Islamic terrorism, but nothing was ever found. Last week Cruz called it a “very successful” anti-terror program and called for police to “patrol and secure” Muslim neighborhoods.
As Bratton said this morning:
That unit began to be disbanded around 2012, 2013. When I came into office in 2014, with Mayor de Blasio, there were two detectives left in that unit. The work had been done, the unit was disbanded myself, but it’s been portrayed by many of the tabloids and by Senator Cruz that somehow or another by disbanding that unit, that we lost a valuable tool in the fight against terrorism.
We did not. It was never an investigatory entity. The chief of my intelligence unit, who was the chief under Commissioner Kelly testified of a lawsuit that the unit never developed one piece of actionable intelligence. So, there’s a misrepresentation that’s been played over and over again and that Senator Cruz in his lack of knowledge of what works here in New York, once again reiterated his attack on this city.
Bratton noted that the program greatly affected relationships with police in Muslim communities and now the need to rebuild that fractured relationship is on par with the NYPD and African-American communities in the city.
...what we’re attempting to do is repair damaged relationships with that Muslim community that had been damaged for a period of time, because it was felt we were spying on them, that we were trying to intimidate them, that we were not concerned with their concerns. We’ve learned with the past. It’s much as the issues we’ve had with African-American communities over these many generations, that you cannot police a community without effectively working with them.
Last week reporter Jamiles Lartey headed out to Bay Ridge, Brooklyn to report on how monitoring of Muslim communities is still going on.
“It’s just part of growing up Muslim in New York,” said Faisal, a 17-year-old Bay Ridge resident.
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2.21pm BST
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Happy Monday and welcome to the Guardian’s live coverage of the 2016 election campaign.
This week there is a tiny little breather.
Welcome to the first week of calendar year 2016 with no voting and no debates.
CNN’s Anderson Cooper will, however, host a Republican town hall meeting in Wisconsin on Tuesday night.
Today Hillary Clinton will speak at the University of Washington about the problems Donald Trump could cause on the supreme court. The Guardian’s David Smith will be there. The Associated Press reports that Clinton will argue that a President Trump could reshape the court and “roll back the rights of individuals, further empower corporations and undo some of the nation’s progress.” Clinton will call on Senate leaders to give Merrick Garland, Obama’s pick for supreme court justice, a fair hearing, says the AP.
It was the weekend of Bernie Sanders, with the bird-taming Vermont senator enjoying massive wins in Alaska, Hawaii and Washington on Saturday. But can Sanders catch up with her in the delegate count?
It’s “improbable not impossible”, reports Politico, noting that he would need big wins in upcoming states where Clinton is at present ahead in the polls: New Jersey, New York, California and Pennsylvania. A street party in Brooklyn – Sanders’ hometown – signaled the opening of Sanders’ local headquarters on Saturday in anticipation of the April 19 primary.
The delegate count is also in focus for Republicans, with Donald Trump complaining that despite winning the state of Louisiana back on March 5, Cruz will take more delegates. Trump is threatening legal action.
Just to show you how unfair Republican primary politics can be, I won the State of Louisiana and get less delegates than Cruz-Lawsuit coming
Trump took 41% of the state’s vote, compared to Cruz’s 37%, giving them 18 delegates each. Marco Rubio won five delegates – who have now chosen to support Cruz. Another five of the six superdelegates from Louisiana heading to the convention, who are unbound by the state’s results, are known Cruz supporters.
The Guardian delegate tracker shows Clinton leading in the Democratic race with 1,712 delegates (2,383 needed to win) and Trump leading for the GOP with 739 delegates (1,237 needed to win).
John Kasich will host a town hall in Madison, Wisconsin at 6pm. Ted Cruz is also in Wisconsin, with a stop at 1pm and a rally at 5pm in Rothschild.
And Trump added another grandkiddy to the family empire on the weekend, with daughter Ivanka giving birth to third child Theodore (perhaps a tribute to President Roosevelt, rather than Cruz?).
Baby Theodore. My heart is full. xx, Ivanka #grateful pic.twitter.com/aOux7Nm3BU