::THE SLICE REPORT WITH MONA AUSTIN

By Mona Austin  White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on Tuesday that president Joe Biden wants every Los Angeles City Council member who participated in a racist discussion to resign.  Head of the City Council Nury Martinez resigned as council president  after pressure and protests, but has not stepped down from her elected role.  “I take responsibility for what I said, and there are no excuses for those comments. I’m so sorry,” Nury Martinez, the council president, said in a statement on Monday announcing that she would resign. “As a mother, I know better and I am sorry. I am truly ashamed.’   Martinez is on a leave of absence currently. A reporter asked in a press briefing  how Biden who has spoken out against racism felt about an elected official being caught on tape using racist language. Martinez ridiculed a White co-worker for  The Los Angeles Times exposed leaked audio of the inappropriate comments, leading to several other Democr...

By Mona Austin Retired Army Lieutenant General Michael Flynn, Donald Trump's pick for National Security Advisor has resigned. Flynn, who was accused of having a questionable relationship with the Russian government, is the latest to fail in what Trump critics view as the administration's house of cards. Flynn, former head of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) was also previously under fire for saying that Islamism is a cancer and accepting pay to speak in Russia. The strongest accsusation hurled against him suggests he discussed with a Russian ambassador the retaliatory sanctions President Barack Obama's administrationimposed on Russia for interference in the election.  Flynn denied having that conversation to Vice President Pence. On Monday, Flynn has admitted in a statement he gave the President and VP "incomplete" information. Flynn's statement and resgination follows: Unfortunately, because of the fast pace of events, I inadvertently br...