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Southwest Airlines unveils ‘Independence One’ plane in honor of America’s 250th anniversary

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By Alexandra Skores, CNN

Baltimore (CNN) — Sporting red, white, and a deep blue, Southwest Airlines has unveiled a plane with a new paint job in honor of America’s 250th anniversary.

“Independence One” was introduced on Monday at Baltimore/Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport, displaying a massive “1776” across the front cabin windows and “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness” toward the back.

“It’s a symbol of what it means to give America the freedom to fly,” said Bob Jordan, the airline’s CEO, to a crowd of attendees. “As Southwest celebrates our 55th year, and (as) our nation celebrates 250, we wanted to mark this moment in a way that reflects who we are, where we’ve been and where we are headed.”

The Boeing 737 will make it’s first flight since being unveiled on Monday night to Dallas; then it will join Southwest’s fleet crisscrossing the country.

In the crowd for the unveiling were members of state Departments of Transportation, airline officials, and Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy.

“As we come together for our 250th birthday, we can rally around an idea and a country and a people and a shared history and a shared future together,” Duffy said.

A significant number of law enforcement officers were spread throughout the hanger, in apparent response to Saturday’s shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Duffy was at the gala and was evacuated shortly after shots rang out.

Southwest isn’t the only airline taking part in the celebration of the nation’s birthday. American Airlines, United Airlines and Alaska Airlines will also unveil special paint jobs. Duffy is expected to visit American at its Fort Worth headquarters this week, alongside Chris Rocheleau, deputy administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.

In a separate partnership between Boeing and the DOT, the “Freedom Plane,” is currently on tour to bring several of the nation’s founding documents to museums across the country.

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Contakes, Hall and Reed recognized at SB Athletic Round Table luncheon.

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Phil Contakes picked up 3 wins over the weekend

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (KEYT) - San Marcos High School senior swimmer Sophia Hall and Dos Pueblos High School senior runner Phil Contakes were honored as the Athlete of the Week winners at the Santa Barbara Athletic Round Table luncheon at Harry's.

Hall led San Marcos to a dual meet win over Camarillo as the Royals went undefeated in the regular season.

Hall won individual events in the 50 freestyle and the 100 freestyle plus she was on the winning 4x50 freestyle and 4x100 freestyle relay teams.

Contakes won the 1600 and 3200 meter races at the Santa Barbara County Championships and he was on the winning 4x800 relay team.

Westmont College awarded their Scholar-Athlete of the Year award to distance runner Thomas Reed who carries a 4.0 GPA and plans on attending medical school .

(Reed shows off his award with his coach Russell Smelley).

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El nuevo CEO de Disney enfrenta su primera gran prueba con Trump: las presiones sobre Jimmy Kimmel

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Por Brian Stelter, CNN

El nuevo CEO de Disney, Josh D’Amaro, quien sucedió a Bob Iger hace apenas seis semanas, está enfrentando su primera gran prueba con Trump.

El presidente Donald Trump está presionando públicamente a Disney para que despida a Jimmy Kimmel por un chiste del presentador nocturno de ABC la semana pasada.

No hay indicios de que Disney esté pensando en hacerlo. Pero la presión —que también proviene de la primera dama Melania Trump y de una serie de aliados de Trump— ha creado un dolor de cabeza para D’Amaro, quien anteriormente dirigía los parques temáticos de Disney y ahora también supervisa cadenas como ABC.

Un portavoz de D’Amaro no respondió a una solicitud de comentarios. Representantes de ABC y de Kimmel también han mantenido silencio desde que estalló la controversia.

Los productores de Kimmel estuvieron ocupados el lunes por la tarde preparando el nuevo episodio de esa noche, que está previsto que se emita a las 11:35 p.m. en las estaciones de ABC.

La semana pasada Kimmel promocionó a Oz Pearlman, quien iba a ser el artista en la Cena de Corresponsales de la Casa Blanca del sábado, como su invitado especial el lunes por la noche.

Pero Pearlman no pudo presentarse frente al presidente y la multitud reunida después de que un hombre armado abriera fuego afuera del salón de baile donde se celebraba la cena.

Posteriormente, Pearlman se retiró de la aparición en Kimmel; será reemplazado por Jon Lovett, el comediante y podcaster progresista que antes fue redactor de discursos del presidente Barack Obama.

Lovett ha aparecido en “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” múltiples veces en el pasado.

El otro invitado del lunes por la noche que fue promocionado la semana pasada, el actor Anthony Anderson, aún tiene previsto aparecer en el programa.

Tras bambalinas, es probable que los ejecutivos de ABC y Kimmel estén discutiendo lo que podría decir en el programa del lunes por la noche sobre la controversia.

Kimmel bromeó en el episodio del jueves pasado diciendo que la primera dama tenía “un resplandor como el de una viuda expectante”.

El chiste —aparentemente sobre la edad del presidente— fue uno en una larga lista de remates envenenados a expensas de Trump. Kimmel fingió realizar un roast del presidente, ya que la cena de corresponsales iba a contar con Pearlman, un mentalista, en lugar de un comediante.

La frase “viuda expectante” fue recontextualizada después del tiroteo del sábado por la noche. El presunto atacante fue acusado el lunes de intentar asesinar a Trump.

Medios e influencers pro-Trump arremetieron contra Kimmel en línea, presagiando un esfuerzo concertado por parte del Gobierno de Trump para sacarlo.

La primera dama condenó a Kimmel el lunes por la mañana, y el presidente dio seguimiento unas horas después, calificando el comentario al aire de Kimmel como un “despreciable llamado a la violencia” y vinculándolo directamente con el incidente del tiroteo.

Para Disney, todo esto se siente un poco como una repetición.

El pasado septiembre, en medio de una campaña anterior de presión del Gobierno de Trump contra Kimmel, ABC suspendió el programa “indefinidamente”, solo para traerlo de vuelta menos de una semana después.

La cadena logró enfurecer tanto a los opositores de Trump por apartar a Kimmel y parecer capitular ante el presidente como a los seguidores de Trump al permitir que Kimmel volviera al aire.

En aquella ocasión, cuando Iger aún era CEO, ABC sintió que tenía que actuar rápidamente después de que dos grandes propietarios de estaciones afiliadas a ABC, Nexstar y Sinclair, dijeran que preemptarían el programa de Kimmel en sus respectivos mercados.

La número dos de Iger, Dana Walden, quien tiene una relación cercana con Kimmel, di

Line of succession: Who was and was not at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner

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By Alex Leeds Matthews, Dalia Abdelwahab, Morgan Leason, Maureen Chowdhury, Gillian Roberts, CNN

(CNN) — White House and Department of Homeland Security leaders will meet this week to discuss security procedures around events involving President Donald Trump after Saturday’s shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

The incident has raised security questions, including over the line of succession. CNN previously reported that some Secret Service officials have been reluctant to have both the vice president and the president attend events together off the White House grounds.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Monday there were conversations before the dinner about designating a survivor, as is commonplace at events such as the annual State of the Union that most Cabinet members attend. “But there were several members of the Cabinet in the line of succession who did not attend for various personal reasons,” so it wasn’t necessary, Leavitt said.

CNN analyzed — through photos, videos and outreach to Cabinet offices — who was and was not present at the Washington Hilton hotel in Washington, DC, on Saturday:

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