Biden Heads To Wisconsin For CNN Town HAll, First Official Trip As President

Erin Burnett OutFront

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🗓️ 17 February 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Biden heads to Wisconsin for CNN town hall, first official trip as president; Soon: Biden to make questions on fight against pandemic as United States COVID deaths top 487,000, mutations spark fear; Trump rips McConnell after senator blames him fpr riot; Trump declares war on GOP in take down of McConnell; warns republicans who stand by the minority leader 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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0:31.6	Out front next, Joe Biden about to touch down in Milwaukee for his first CNN Town Hall as president,
0:38.5	his first major attempt to shift the nation's focus to the deadly pandemic and his response to it.
0:42.8	Plus breaking news this hour, Donald Trump tightening his grip on the GOP, releasing a new
0:46.6	statement tonight that targets Mitch McConnell specifically, leveling a warning to any Republican
0:51.8	who stands by Leader McConnell. And why horrific and even deadly
0:56.3	attacks have been aimed at one group of Americans ever since the start of the pandemic. Let's go out
1:01.4	front. And good evening, I'm Aaron Burnett. Out front tonight, Biden about to use the power of
1:07.4	the presidency to try and shift America's attention back to his agenda
1:11.1	and coronavirus. In just a few minutes, Biden is expected to land in Milwaukee. For his first
1:16.2	town hall as president, it'll be right here on CNN, the pandemic will be front and center. As of this
1:21.2	hour, the virus has killed more than 487,000 Americans. Seventy-four thousand of those Americans died since Biden took office.
1:31.3	And now, just before Biden left on this, which is his first official trip, he was asked
1:36.2	about his nearly $2 trillion COVID relief package, which he is expected to try to sell to
1:41.8	the American people tonight.
1:44.3	Ms. McConnell said that opposing COVID relief will unify Republicans. What do you say to that?
1:52.1	The may unify Republicans will hurt America badly.
1:55.7	The president also will be taking questions on reopening schools and the vaccination rollout.
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