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U(D54G1D)y+"!,!@!?!# LAM YIK FEI FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES In cramped areas of Hong Kong, residents of apartments so tiny they’re often called coffins or cages fear the risk of infection. Page A8. Locked Down but Hardly Safe MONEY SHARMA/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE — GETTY IMAGES One person died in New Delhi as angry farmers split barricades and officers fired tear gas. Page A9. Tractor Rally Turns Violent WASHINGTON — As Presi- dent Biden prepares on Wednes- day to open an ambitious effort to confront climate change, pow- erful and surprising forces are arrayed at his back. Automakers are coming to accept that much higher fuel economy standards are their future; large oil and gas compa- nies have said some curbs on greenhouse pollution lifted by former President Donald J. Trump should be reimposed; shareholders are demanding that corporations acknowledge and prepare for a warmer, more volatile future; and a youth movement is driving the Demo- cratic Party to go big to confront the issue. But what may well stand in the president’s way is political in- transigence from senators from fossil-fuel states in both parties. An evenly divided Senate has given enormous power to any single senator, and one in partic- ular, Joe Manchin III of West Virginia, who will lead the Senate Energy Committee and who came to the Senate as a defender of his state’s coal industry. Without a doubt, signals from the planet itself are lending urgency to the cause. Last year was the hottest year on record, capping the hottest decade on record. Already, scientists say the irreversible effects of climate change have started to sweep across the globe, including record wildfires in California and Australia, rising sea levels, wide- spread droughts and stronger storms. “President Biden has called climate change the No. 1 issue facing humanity,” Gov. Jay Inslee Battle Lines Form Over Biden’s Push on Climate By CORAL DAVENPORT and LISA FRIEDMAN Car and Fuel Giants Are Receptive, but Senate Poses Tough Test Continued on Page A17 NEWS ANALYSIS WASHINGTON — President Biden, under intense pressure to speed up the pace of coronavirus vaccination, said Tuesday that his administration was nearing a deal with two manufacturers that would enable 300 million Ameri- cans to have their shots by the end of the summer. Supplies to the states will be in- creasing by 16 percent beginning next week, according to figures provided by Mr. Biden, who prom- ised that his administration would give governors something they had long asked for: certainty over the supply they would receive. He said states would now have three weeks’ advance notice of how many doses they would get. “Until now we’ve had to guess how much vaccine to expect for the next week, and that’s what the governors had to do: ‘How much am I getting next week?’” the president said. “This is unaccept- able. Lives are at stake here.” But while Mr. Biden said the moves were “going to allow mil- lions more Americans to get vacci- nated sooner than previously an- ticipated,” that was probably not the case. Next week’s increase to the states was expected as vac- cine makers ramp up manufactur- ing. And the replenishing over the summer — when the government was likely to run out of supply — was anticipated under contracts signed by the Trump administra- tion, which gave the government options to continue increasing its commitments in increments of 100 million doses. Even so, experts said the ad- ministration was wise to lock President Vows To Hasten Pace Of Inoculation This article is by Sheryl Gay Stol- berg, Noah Weiland and Sharon La- Franiere. Continued on Page A7 The leadership of the Proud Boys has come under increased scrutiny as agents and prosecu- tors across the country try to de- termine how closely members of the far-right nationalist group communicated during the riot at the Capitol this month and to what extent they might have planned the assault in advance, according to federal law enforcement offi- cials. At least six members of the or- ganization have been charged in connection with the riot, including one of its top-ranking leaders, Jo- seph Biggs. Mr. Biggs, a U.S. Army veteran, led about 100 men on an angry march from the site of President Donald J. Trump’s speech toward — and then into — the Capitol building. The Proud Boys, who have a history of scuffling with left-wing antifascist activists, have long been some of Mr. Trump’s most vocal, and violent, supporters, and he has returned the favor, telling them during one of the presiden- tial debates to “stand back and stand by.” Along with the right- wing militia the Oath Keepers, the Proud Boys was one of the extre- mist groups with a large presence at the Capitol incursion, investiga- tors said. Despite having launched one of the most sprawling inquiries in American history, investigators have yet to unearth clear-cut evi- dence suggesting there was a widespread conspiracy to assault the Capitol on Jan. 6. Inquiry Focuses on Proud Boys As U.S. Hunts for Riot Planners By ALAN FEUER and FRANCES ROBLES Continued on Page A18 During the pandemic, chefs have re- shaped food culture with tiny pop-ups that thrive on social media. Above, banchan in Los Angeles. PAGE D8 FOOD D1-8 Gorging on Instagram Herman Cornejo, above, is working with a “photo-scientist” to create an immersive dance experience. PAGE C1 ARTS C1-6 Capturing Every Move A Times editor reflects on a plane crash that killed 10 people, devastating Oklahoma State and its men’s basketball program, while he was a student journalist there. PAGE B7 SPORTSWEDNESDAY B7-9, 12 After 20 Years, Grief Remains Baseball writers failed to elect any players to the Hall of Fame for the 12th time since 1936, but history suggests that several of the candidates will even- tually be inducted. PAGE B8 Hall of Fame Pitches Shutout The Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction explores the farthest reaches of the lexicographic universe. PAGE C1 From Aerocars to Zero-Gravity Companies inspired by Bitcoin’s build- ing blocks are creating social networks without any central authority. PAGE B1 BUSINESS B1-6 Evading Big Tech’s Grasp Jamelle Bouie PAGE A22 EDITORIAL, OP-ED A22-23 Firefighters are demanding independ- ent testing to see if their suits contain cancer-causing chemicals. PAGE A14 NATIONAL A14-21, 24 Fearing Their Own Gear Antony J. Blinken, as secretary of state, will work to reverse the confrontational Trump approach to diplomacy. PAGE A15 Blinken Confirmed by Senate Martin Baron, who led newspapers in Miami, Boston and Washington, will step down next month. PAGE B1 Washington Post Editor Retires WASHINGTON — Senate Re- publicans rallied on Tuesday against trying former President Donald J. Trump for “incitement of insurrection” at the Capitol, with only five members of his party joining Democrats in a vote to go forward with his impeach- ment trial. By a vote of 55 to 45, the Senate narrowly killed a Republican ef- fort to dismiss the proceeding as unconstitutional because Mr. Trump is no longer in office. But the numbers showed that loyal Republicans were again poised to spare him from conviction, this time despite his role in stirring up a mob that violently targeted law- makers and the vice president on Jan. 6 as Congress met to finalize the election. “I think it’s pretty obvious from the vote today that it is extraordi- narily unlikely that the president will be convicted,” said Senator Susan Collins of Maine, one of the five Republicans who voted to pro- ceed to trial. “Just do the math.” It would take two-thirds of sena- tors — 67 votes — to attain a con- viction, meaning 17 Republicans would have to cross party lines to side with Democrats in finding Mr. Trump guilty. If they did, an addi- tional vote to disqualify him from ever holding office again would take a simple majority. Aside from Ms. Collins, the only Republicans who joined Demo- crats in voting to reject the consti- tutional objection and proceed were Senators Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Mitt Romney of Utah, Ben Sasse of Nebraska and Patrick J. Toomey of Pennsylvania. All five had previously said they were open to hearing the House’s im- peachment case, which was adopted in a bipartisan vote a week after the attack. With the facts of the case still spilling forth and the meat of the Rallying Against Trial, G.O.P. Senators Signal A 2nd Trump Acquittal Impeachment Case Moves Forward With Support From Just 5 Republicans By NICHOLAS FANDOS Senator Susan Collins, joining Democrats, supported a trial. ANNA MONEYMAKER FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES Continued on Page A18 WASHINGTON — The Capitol Police department on Tuesday de- livered to Congress its first after- action report since the deadly pro- Trump assault on the Capitol, lay- ing out a dismal picture of failure to prepare adequately despite knowing days ahead of time that right-wing extremists could tar- get lawmakers. Testifying by videoconference to a closed session of a House com- mittee, the acting chief of the Capi- tol Police, Yogananda D. Pittman, acknowledged that the depart- ment knew there was a “strong potential for violence” but failed to take necessary steps to prevent what she described as a “terrorist attack.” Officers were outmanned, had poor communications, lacked suf- ficient supplies and struggled to carry out orders like locking down the building, she said. Her comments were the fullest account to date from the depart- ment about its preparations for and response to the events of Jan. 6, when thousands of angry pro- testers, believing false claims that the election had been stolen, marched on the Capitol, urged on by President Donald J. Trump. Chief Pittman, who became act- ing chief after the riot, told mem- bers of the House Appropriations Committee, which oversees fund- ing for the agency, that the Capitol Police “failed to meet its own high standards as well as yours.” She added, “I am here to offer my sin- cerest apologies on behalf of the department.” Her testimony also marked the beginning of what is likely to be a series of hearings investigating the law enforcement failures that allowed the building to be occu- pied for the first time since the War of 1812. Capitol Police Admit to Failures As Pro-Trump Mob Took Shape This article is by Luke Broadwa- ter, Emily Cochrane and Adam Goldman. Continued on Page A19 LONDON — The vaccine wars have come to Europe. For months now, wealthy coun- tries have been clearing the world’s shelves of coronavirus vaccines, leaving poorer nations with little hope of exiting the pan- demic in 2021. But a fresh skir- mish this week has pitted the rich against the rich — Britain versus the European Union — in the scramble for vials, opening a new and unabashedly nationalist com- petition that could poison rela- tions and set back collective ef- forts to end the pandemic. The European Union, stung by its slow progress on vaccinations, threatened this week to tighten rules on the shipment of Belgian- made shots to Britain. British lawmakers, in turn, have accused their European counterparts of a blackmail cam- paign that could embitter rela- tions for a generation. And poorer countries, already at the back of the line for vaccines, could face even longer waits if the intense squabbling among rich countries drives up prices for ev- eryone else. The feuding in Europe holds echoes of the dark, early days of the pandemic, when scores of countries banned or restricted the ‘Solidarity Is Failing’: E.U. and Britain Fight Over Vaccine Doses By BENJAMIN MUELLER and MATINA STEVIS-GRIDNEFF While the Rich Bicker, Poorer Nations Wait Continued on Page A6 The leaders, who do not have a history of friendliness, spoke about a nuclear arms deal, computer hacking and a Russian opposition activist. PAGE A10 INTERNATIONAL A8-11 Biden and Putin Extend Treaty Late Edition VOL. CLXX .... No. 58,951 © 2021 The New York Times Company NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2021 Today, mostly cloudy, flurries, high 39. Tonight, mostly cloudy, flurries, low 30. Tomorrow, clouds and some sunshine, windy, feeling colder, high 34. Weather map is on Page B12. $3.00

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    U(D54G1D)y+"!,!@!?!#

    LAM YIK FEI FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

    In cramped areas of Hong Kong, residents of apartments so tiny they’re often called coffins or cages fear the risk of infection. Page A8.Locked Down but Hardly Safe

    MONEY SHARMA/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE — GETTY IMAGES

    One person died in New Delhi as angry farmers split barricades and officers fired tear gas. Page A9.Tractor Rally Turns Violent

    WASHINGTON — As Presi-dent Biden prepares on Wednes-day to open an ambitious effortto confront climate change, pow-erful and surprising forces are

    arrayed at his back.Automakers are

    coming to acceptthat much higher

    fuel economy standards are theirfuture; large oil and gas compa-nies have said some curbs ongreenhouse pollution lifted byformer President Donald J.Trump should be reimposed;shareholders are demanding thatcorporations acknowledge andprepare for a warmer, more

    volatile future; and a youthmovement is driving the Demo-cratic Party to go big to confrontthe issue.

    But what may well stand in thepresident’s way is political in-transigence from senators fromfossil-fuel states in both parties.An evenly divided Senate hasgiven enormous power to anysingle senator, and one in partic-ular, Joe Manchin III of West

    Virginia, who will lead the SenateEnergy Committee and whocame to the Senate as a defenderof his state’s coal industry.

    Without a doubt, signals fromthe planet itself are lendingurgency to the cause. Last yearwas the hottest year on record,capping the hottest decade onrecord. Already, scientists saythe irreversible effects of climatechange have started to sweepacross the globe, includingrecord wildfires in California andAustralia, rising sea levels, wide-spread droughts and strongerstorms.

    “President Biden has calledclimate change the No. 1 issuefacing humanity,” Gov. Jay Inslee

    Battle Lines Form Over Biden’s Push on ClimateBy CORAL DAVENPORT

    and LISA FRIEDMANCar and Fuel Giants Are

    Receptive, but SenatePoses Tough Test

    Continued on Page A17

    NEWSANALYSIS

    WASHINGTON — PresidentBiden, under intense pressure tospeed up the pace of coronavirusvaccination, said Tuesday that hisadministration was nearing a dealwith two manufacturers thatwould enable 300 million Ameri-cans to have their shots by the endof the summer.

    Supplies to the states will be in-creasing by 16 percent beginningnext week, according to figuresprovided by Mr. Biden, who prom-ised that his administration wouldgive governors something theyhad long asked for: certainty overthe supply they would receive. Hesaid states would now have threeweeks’ advance notice of howmany doses they would get.

    “Until now we’ve had to guesshow much vaccine to expect forthe next week, and that’s what thegovernors had to do: ‘How mucham I getting next week?’” thepresident said. “This is unaccept-able. Lives are at stake here.”

    But while Mr. Biden said themoves were “going to allow mil-lions more Americans to get vacci-nated sooner than previously an-ticipated,” that was probably notthe case. Next week’s increase tothe states was expected as vac-cine makers ramp up manufactur-ing. And the replenishing over thesummer — when the governmentwas likely to run out of supply —was anticipated under contractssigned by the Trump administra-tion, which gave the governmentoptions to continue increasing itscommitments in increments of 100million doses.

    Even so, experts said the ad-ministration was wise to lock

    President Vows To Hasten PaceOf Inoculation

    This article is by Sheryl Gay Stol-berg, Noah Weiland and Sharon La-Franiere.

    Continued on Page A7

    The leadership of the ProudBoys has come under increasedscrutiny as agents and prosecu-tors across the country try to de-termine how closely members ofthe far-right nationalist groupcommunicated during the riot atthe Capitol this month and to whatextent they might have plannedthe assault in advance, accordingto federal law enforcement offi-cials.

    At least six members of the or-ganization have been charged inconnection with the riot, includingone of its top-ranking leaders, Jo-seph Biggs. Mr. Biggs, a U.S.Army veteran, led about 100 menon an angry march from the site ofPresident Donald J. Trump’sspeech toward — and then into —the Capitol building.

    The Proud Boys, who have ahistory of scuffling with left-wingantifascist activists, have longbeen some of Mr. Trump’s mostvocal, and violent, supporters, andhe has returned the favor, tellingthem during one of the presiden-tial debates to “stand back andstand by.” Along with the right-wing militia the Oath Keepers, theProud Boys was one of the extre-mist groups with a large presenceat the Capitol incursion, investiga-tors said.

    Despite having launched one ofthe most sprawling inquiries inAmerican history, investigatorshave yet to unearth clear-cut evi-dence suggesting there was awidespread conspiracy to assaultthe Capitol on Jan. 6.

    Inquiry Focuses on Proud BoysAs U.S. Hunts for Riot Planners

    By ALAN FEUER and FRANCES ROBLES

    Continued on Page A18

    During the pandemic, chefs have re-shaped food culture with tiny pop-upsthat thrive on social media. Above,banchan in Los Angeles. PAGE D8

    FOOD D1-8

    Gorging on InstagramHerman Cornejo, above, is workingwith a “photo-scientist” to create animmersive dance experience. PAGE C1

    ARTS C1-6

    Capturing Every Move

    A Times editor reflects on a plane crashthat killed 10 people, devastatingOklahoma State and its men’sbasketball program, while he was astudent journalist there. PAGE B7

    SPORTSWEDNESDAY B7-9, 12

    After 20 Years, Grief Remains

    Baseball writers failed to elect anyplayers to the Hall of Fame for the 12thtime since 1936, but history suggeststhat several of the candidates will even-tually be inducted. PAGE B8

    Hall of Fame Pitches Shutout

    The Historical Dictionary of ScienceFiction explores the farthest reaches ofthe lexicographic universe. PAGE C1

    From Aerocars to Zero-Gravity

    Companies inspired by Bitcoin’s build-ing blocks are creating social networkswithout any central authority. PAGE B1

    BUSINESS B1-6

    Evading Big Tech’s Grasp

    Jamelle Bouie PAGE A22EDITORIAL, OP-ED A22-23

    Firefighters are demanding independ-ent testing to see if their suits containcancer-causing chemicals. PAGE A14

    NATIONAL A14-21, 24

    Fearing Their Own Gear

    Antony J. Blinken, as secretary of state,will work to reverse the confrontationalTrump approach to diplomacy. PAGE A15

    Blinken Confirmed by SenateMartin Baron, who led newspapers inMiami, Boston and Washington, willstep down next month. PAGE B1

    Washington Post Editor Retires

    WASHINGTON — Senate Re-publicans rallied on Tuesdayagainst trying former PresidentDonald J. Trump for “incitementof insurrection” at the Capitol,with only five members of hisparty joining Democrats in a voteto go forward with his impeach-ment trial.

    By a vote of 55 to 45, the Senatenarrowly killed a Republican ef-fort to dismiss the proceeding asunconstitutional because Mr.Trump is no longer in office. Butthe numbers showed that loyalRepublicans were again poised tospare him from conviction, thistime despite his role in stirring upa mob that violently targeted law-makers and the vice president onJan. 6 as Congress met to finalizethe election.

    “I think it’s pretty obvious fromthe vote today that it is extraordi-narily unlikely that the presidentwill be convicted,” said SenatorSusan Collins of Maine, one of thefive Republicans who voted to pro-ceed to trial. “Just do the math.”

    It would take two-thirds of sena-tors — 67 votes — to attain a con-viction, meaning 17 Republicanswould have to cross party lines toside with Democrats in finding Mr.Trump guilty. If they did, an addi-tional vote to disqualify him from

    ever holding office again wouldtake a simple majority.

    Aside from Ms. Collins, the onlyRepublicans who joined Demo-crats in voting to reject the consti-tutional objection and proceedwere Senators Lisa Murkowski ofAlaska, Mitt Romney of Utah, BenSasse of Nebraska and Patrick J.Toomey of Pennsylvania. All fivehad previously said they wereopen to hearing the House’s im-peachment case, which wasadopted in a bipartisan vote aweek after the attack.

    With the facts of the case stillspilling forth and the meat of the

    Rallying Against Trial, G.O.P. Senators SignalA 2nd Trump Acquittal

    Impeachment Case Moves Forward WithSupport From Just 5 Republicans

    By NICHOLAS FANDOS

    Senator Susan Collins, joiningDemocrats, supported a trial.

    ANNA MONEYMAKER FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES

    Continued on Page A18

    WASHINGTON — The CapitolPolice department on Tuesday de-livered to Congress its first after-action report since the deadly pro-Trump assault on the Capitol, lay-ing out a dismal picture of failureto prepare adequately despiteknowing days ahead of time thatright-wing extremists could tar-get lawmakers.

    Testifying by videoconferenceto a closed session of a House com-mittee, the acting chief of the Capi-tol Police, Yogananda D. Pittman,acknowledged that the depart-ment knew there was a “strongpotential for violence” but failed totake necessary steps to preventwhat she described as a “terroristattack.”

    Officers were outmanned, hadpoor communications, lacked suf-ficient supplies and struggled tocarry out orders like locking down

    the building, she said.Her comments were the fullest

    account to date from the depart-ment about its preparations forand response to the events of Jan.6, when thousands of angry pro-testers, believing false claims thatthe election had been stolen,marched on the Capitol, urged onby President Donald J. Trump.

    Chief Pittman, who became act-ing chief after the riot, told mem-bers of the House AppropriationsCommittee, which oversees fund-ing for the agency, that the CapitolPolice “failed to meet its own highstandards as well as yours.” Sheadded, “I am here to offer my sin-cerest apologies on behalf of thedepartment.”

    Her testimony also marked thebeginning of what is likely to be aseries of hearings investigatingthe law enforcement failures thatallowed the building to be occu-pied for the first time since theWar of 1812.

    Capitol Police Admit to FailuresAs Pro-Trump Mob Took Shape

    This article is by Luke Broadwa-ter, Emily Cochrane and AdamGoldman.

    Continued on Page A19

    LONDON — The vaccine warshave come to Europe.

    For months now, wealthy coun-tries have been clearing theworld’s shelves of coronavirusvaccines, leaving poorer nationswith little hope of exiting the pan-demic in 2021. But a fresh skir-

    mish this week has pitted the richagainst the rich — Britain versusthe European Union — in thescramble for vials, opening a newand unabashedly nationalist com-petition that could poison rela-tions and set back collective ef-forts to end the pandemic.

    The European Union, stung byits slow progress on vaccinations,threatened this week to tightenrules on the shipment of Belgian-

    made shots to Britain.British lawmakers, in turn,

    have accused their Europeancounterparts of a blackmail cam-paign that could embitter rela-

    tions for a generation.And poorer countries, already

    at the back of the line for vaccines,could face even longer waits if theintense squabbling among richcountries drives up prices for ev-eryone else.

    The feuding in Europe holdsechoes of the dark, early days ofthe pandemic, when scores ofcountries banned or restricted the

    ‘Solidarity Is Failing’: E.U. and Britain Fight Over Vaccine DosesBy BENJAMIN MUELLER

    and MATINA STEVIS-GRIDNEFFWhile the Rich Bicker,

    Poorer Nations Wait

    Continued on Page A6

    The leaders, who do not have a historyof friendliness, spoke about a nucleararms deal, computer hacking and aRussian opposition activist. PAGE A10

    INTERNATIONAL A8-11

    Biden and Putin Extend Treaty

    Late Edition

    VOL. CLXX . . . . No. 58,951 © 2021 The New York Times Company NEW YORK, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 27, 2021

    Today, mostly cloudy, flurries, high39. Tonight, mostly cloudy, flurries,low 30. Tomorrow, clouds and somesunshine, windy, feeling colder, high34. Weather map is on Page B12.

    $3.00