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The Lead with Jake Tapper

AT&T, Verizon Delay 5G Rollout After Safety Warning

The Lead with Jake Tapper

CNN

News

3.51.7K Ratings

🗓️ 19 January 2022

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

5G was supposed to roll out across the country but several airlines say 5G interferes with the technology planes use to land in bad weather. Now, Verizon and AT&T are delaying the activation of 5G towers near some airport runways. The White House website to request free at-home Covid-19 tests is live as the Omicron variant continues to blaze across America. COVIDtests.gov will allow Americans to receive four tests per household. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

You get a test, and you get a test, and you get a test, the lead starts right now.

0:08.3

The White House website to request free at-home COVID tests goes live as the Omicron variant

0:16.0

continues blazing its ugly trail, and it was supposed to roll out across the country

0:21.0

in just hours, but several airlines say 5G interferes with the technology planes used

0:28.0

to land in bad weather, so now Ryzen and AT&T are responding.

0:32.9

Plus, a woman pushed her death off the subway platform in front of the train, another young

0:38.1

woman stabbed the death by a stranger inside a furniture store, the deadly and random attacks

0:42.6

plaguing major cities on both coasts of the U.S.

0:52.2

Welcome to the Lean on Jake Tap, we're starting off with our healthy free tasks for everyone

0:55.7

with the catch.

0:56.7

Today, the White House quietly launched its Beta version website for free at-home rapid

1:01.5

tests.

1:02.5

Just go to covidtest.gov, but tough luck if you're a family of five, there's a limit

1:07.3

of four per household, do not expect to see them on your doorstep tomorrow, like an Amazon

1:13.6

Prime delivery, they will start shipping out at the end of the month.

1:17.6

Still, it's worth getting your name on the list, because this CNN's NICWAT reports for

1:21.7

us now.

1:23.0

covid cases are still skyrocketing in most of the United States, and it is best to have

1:27.5

a test on hand, in case you happen to be one of the nearly 700,000 new cases per week.

1:35.9

One in five Americans have now had covid-19, more than 66 million confirmed cases and counting.

1:45.2

In reality, he says the CDC is probably way more, like four times more.

1:50.6

The Omicron variant is now spreading this virus like never before.

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