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The Lead with Jake Tapper

Biden admits there is a long way to go” in economic recovery; Pfizer applies for full FDA approval of its COVID vaccine; In 2015 Stefanik harshly blasted Trump’s rhetoric and policies;

The Lead with Jake Tapper

CNN

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3.51.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Biden: “we’re still digging out of an economic collapse”; April jobs report falls way short of economic forecasts; U.S. added 266,000 jobs in April, well below the 1M expected; Treasury secy. admits she expected a better jobs report; Republicans argue some people aren’t looking for work because there’re making more money from unemployment; Montana will end pandemic unemployment benefits, will offer $1,200 return to work bonus instead; CDC: 33% of U.S. fully vaccinated, pace of shots slows; NYC restaurants can now seat 75% of customers; Kentucky aims to end all COVID restrictions by July; Ex-FDA chief: COVID restrictions should be “aggressively” lifted; CDC: pace of Johnson & Johnson vaccinations lags two weeks after U.S. lifted pause; Colleges, companies, cities hype incentives to promote vaccines; Rep. Stefanik says she wants to “unify” GOP by being a “fighter” like Donald Trump; Conservatives criticize Stefanik’s moderate voting record; U.S. capitol police: threats against congress up 107% from 2020; Federal grand jury indicts four ex-officers in Minneapolis for violating Floyd’s civil rights; Chauvin faced second federal inditement for 2017 incidents involving 14-year-old boy; NC judge allows family to see more body cam video if Andre Brown Jr being killed by deputies; Court order restricts Brown’s family to 20 minutes of nearly 2 hours of body cam footage that exists; After 17-year-wait, billions of cicadas are about to emerge; Telescope captures image of out-of-control Chinese rocket; China: “extremely low” chance of harm from falling rocket; 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

So, I hope the pending swarm of ravenous cicadas does not ruin your view of the rogue Chinese

0:10.7

rocket hurtling towards Earth.

0:13.2

The lead starts right now.

0:15.1

Major hiccup in the economic comeback, President Biden reacting today to a jobs report that surprised

0:20.5

all the experts and not in a good way.

0:24.6

Where are all the jobs or should we be asking?

0:27.9

Where are all the workers?

0:30.3

She said Donald Trump is, quote, not who we are as a country, but now she's the congresswoman

0:36.5

Donald Trump wants to replace Liz Cheney.

0:39.5

So how did at least the fun it go from being a Trump skeptic to one of the biggest spreaders

0:45.2

of the big lie?

0:46.5

Plus, where are your mask and ear plugs a thundering herd of billions of cicadas are coming?

0:52.9

So where are they headed?

1:00.3

Welcome to the lead object app where we start today with our money lead.

1:03.6

And President Biden today attempting to put a positive spin on a massively disappointing

1:09.1

jobs report.

1:10.1

President Biden saying any growth proves the economy is moving in the right direction,

1:14.6

but even he is admitting there's a quote long way to go.

1:18.4

The April jobs report shows the U.S. added 266,000 jobs, which in normal times would

1:24.2

be a solid performance, but economists had predicted that the widespread vaccine rollout

1:29.8

and the reopening of the economy would spur hiring and they had expected that jobs report

1:35.7

to show at least one million, one million new jobs added to the economy.

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