Biden: Future “very bleak” without another COVID relief package; Biden: I will ask Americans to wear masks for my first 100 days; One-on-one with ousted DHS Official who rebuked Trump; Fauci: U.S. yet to see “full brunt” of post-Thanksgiving peak; GOP concerned Trump could suppress voter turnout in Georgia Senate runoffs;
The Lead with Jake Tapper
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🗓️ 4 December 2020
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Biden: U.S. in “dire, dire, dire straits” without new aid package soon; Biden doesn’t commit to appointing person of color as Attorney General or Defense Secretary; Biden: Inauguration “probably will not be gigantic” due to COVID; Biden: “We’re going to need more bipartisanship” to save economy; Biden: Trump should attend inauguration to “demonstrate the end of this chaos that he’s created”; Biden: Have seen “no detailed plan” from Trump Admin on how to get vaccine to people; Expert: Biden’s 100 days of masks plan could save 66K lives; Influential model projects nearly 539,000 U.S. deaths by April; Trump’s political operation raises $270M since Election Day; Pro-Trump Attys falsely claim Georgia election was “rigged”; U.S. reports worst day yet in pandemic; Record 2,979 deaths, 217,000+ new cases, 100,000+ hospitalizations; 6 million people in SF Bay area under new stay at home order; Biden: Have seen “no detailed plan” from Trump Admin on how to get vaccine to people; Moderna & Pfizer vaccines should be authorized within a week after advisory meetings: FDA Official; Tomorrow Trump to rally in Georgia ahead of Senate runoffs; Sources: Trump blasted Georgia governor as “moron” and “nut job” in recent phone call; Trump heads to Georgia for Senate runoffs as he still falsely claims voter fraud; 35-year-old veteran, father of five, dies of coronavirus;
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| 0:00.0 | This is CNN breaking news. |
| 0:03.5 | Welcome to the lead. I'm Jake Tapper. |
| 0:05.2 | Just minutes ago, President-elect Joe Biden spoke about the jobs report out today. |
| 0:09.3 | He called it Graham. He urged Congress and outgoing President Trump to act immediately to help the American people. |
| 0:15.8 | The President-elect also promised more economic relief in his presidency, notably identifying |
| 0:21.0 | hundreds of billions of dollars as his target price tag that's |
| 0:24.6 | lower than the two trillion dollars previously pushed by House Democrats. |
| 0:29.7 | And as the President's elect faces more pressure to make good on his promise to build a diverse |
| 0:35.0 | cabinet and administration, he would not comment specifically to nominating a person of color |
| 0:41.0 | for either the position of attorney general or Secretary of Defense. |
| 0:45.0 | Plus, President-elect Biden warned of the escalating pandemic. |
| 0:49.0 | He promised to follow the science when it comes to his own inauguration, which will take place in less than two months |
| 0:54.5 | he said there will not be millions of people on the national mall for his |
| 0:59.2 | inauguration |
| 1:00.2 | CNN's M.J. |
| 1:00.7 | L.M.J. Lee is in Wilmington, Delaware for us right now. |
| 1:03.0 | M.J. President-elect Biden gave more details about what exactly he's looking for in the stimulus. |
| 1:08.8 | Tell us more about that. |
| 1:11.7 | He did, Jake, and I should note, this was a president-elect who was not mincing words I mean look at some of these words that he used in his remarks a dire crisis urgent bleak |
| 1:21.0 | clearly somebody who is wanting to prepare the American people for things |
| 1:26.7 | being worse before they ultimately get better. |
| 1:30.0 | But you're right, when he was talking about the help that he needed and calling on Congress one more time to act now to pass a stimulus bill, he did say, look, he is encouraged by the 900 billion dollar proposal that has been coming out of Congress, but that |
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