Biden announces new measures to ease supply chain crisis; Analysis: vaccine could’ve prevented 90k deaths this summer; UNC Chapel Hill cancels classes to address campus suicides; “Star Trek” star makes William Shatner makes history as oldest person in space
The Lead with Jake Tapper
CNN
3.5 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 13 October 2021
⏱️ 39 minutes
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U.S. will open Canadian, Mexican borders to vaccinated travelers; TSA: Passengers bringing guns to airports at unprecedented levels; UNC chancellor declares “mental health crisis” on campus; Shatner, Blue Origin crew complete historic space trip
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| 0:00.0 | It turns out the great toilet paper shortage of 2020 may have been just the beginning. |
| 0:07.2 | The lead starts right now. |
| 0:09.5 | Moments ago, President Biden announcing new measures to try to keep everyday items |
| 0:14.6 | on the store shelves as necessities suddenly become scarce and prices skyrocket. |
| 0:22.6 | And a surging number of unruly passengers and now the TSA warning that passengers are |
| 0:27.9 | packing heat more than ever before, CNN talks to the TSA chief about this potentially |
| 0:32.7 | dangerous combination. |
| 0:35.0 | And the real Captain Kirk makes history 90 year old William Shatter becomes the oldest |
| 0:41.9 | person in space and he's telling us what it felt like. |
| 0:46.1 | He's a rocket man. |
| 0:53.6 | Welcome to the lead on Jake Tapper and we begin today with breaking news in our money |
| 0:57.6 | lead. |
| 0:58.6 | President Biden just announced new measures to try to fix a global supply chain crisis. |
| 1:04.1 | The moves are in partnership he says with companies such as Walmart, Target and Home Depot. |
| 1:09.6 | It's an effort to relieve backlogs that are threatening holiday shopping season and |
| 1:14.3 | the nation's economic recovery. |
| 1:16.4 | Gas, milk, rent, kids shoes have all seen prices soar over the past year. |
| 1:22.4 | That's in large part due to the pandemic as well as not enough workers as well as a cargo |
| 1:27.4 | ship bottle neck out in California. |
| 1:30.5 | But it also has to do with America's high inflation rate right now. |
| 1:34.6 | And now as CNN's film Manningly reports, President Biden is racing to try to address yet |
| 1:39.8 | another crisis. |
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