Biden Calls Infrastructure Deal A “True Bipartisan Effort”; Biden: No Guarantee Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Will Pass; Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal Totals $1.2T Spending over 8 Years; Biden says bipartisan infrastructure deal will move through congress “in tandem” with Dems-only reconciliation bill; Progressive Dem slams bipartisan deal as “Paltry, Pathetic”

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🗓️ 24 June 2021

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Biden Calls Infrastructure Deal A “True Bipartisan Effort”; Biden: No Guarantee Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Will Pass; Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal Totals $1.2T Spending over 8 Years; Biden says bipartisan infrastructure deal will move through congress “in tandem” with Dems-only reconciliation bill; Progressive Dem slams bipartisan deal as “Paltry, Pathetic” ; 1 Dead, nearly 100 people unaccounted for in condo collapse; FL Governor on surfside collapse: We’re bracing for some bad news; Witness from condo collapse: “Everybody was screaming & panicking”; Biden: “Those who helped us are not going to be left behind”; Officials: U.S. to evacuate Afghans who helped U.S. Military in Afghanistan while they wait for visas; Covid outbreak at U.S. embassy in Afghanistan stalls visa approvals; Bipartisan group delivers afghan evacuation plan to Biden; Soon: Biden to speak on urgency of covid vaccinations; Delta variant tearing through U.S., raising fears for unvaccinated; News conference on Florida condo collapse; Mayor: At least 99 unaccounted for after condo collapse;

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0:00.0	It may be the toughest bridge to build was the one between Democrats and Republicans.
0:05.9	The lead starts right now.
0:08.4	We have a deal, President Biden claims.
0:11.2	Mr. Biden announcing the Democrats and Republicans in the Senate have come together on an infrastructure
0:15.7	plan worth more than a trillion dollars.
0:18.2	Coming up, I'm going to ask the White House Press Secretary whether beyond the announcement
0:22.4	they actually have the votes in the Senate, not to mention the House.
0:27.2	Already in Florida, the search right now after a deadly building collapse there, a boy
0:31.1	one of two people pulled from the rubble alive, one confirmed dead so far, 99 more Floridians
0:38.2	unaccounted for.
0:39.4	Plus, a big development on a life or death story that we've been covering for weeks, months,
0:46.6	years even on the lead.
0:48.0	The White House announcing that Afghan translators who helped U.S. troops will be saved, but how
0:52.3	many of the 9,000 who have completed the paperwork?
0:56.0	How many are we talking about?
1:03.5	Welcome to the lead on Jake Tapper, and we start with breaking news on our politics lead
1:06.9	President Biden making the official announcement this afternoon.
1:09.8	There is a bipartisan deal on infrastructure.
1:14.3	We had a really good meeting and answered your direct question.
1:20.0	We have a deal.
1:21.0	None of us got what we all wanted.
1:23.4	I clearly didn't get all I wanted.
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