Biden: Jobs report proves relief bill is urgently needed; GOP delaying vote on $1.9 trillion Covid relief bill; NY State passes bill to repeal Cuomo’s executive powers on Covid; Georgia Republicans pushing bills to roll back voter access; WH Covid officials warn states against rushing reopening; How schools in Canada stayed open;
The Lead with Jake Tapper
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🗓️ 5 March 2021
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Senate at standstill as Dems try to win over Manchin on change to unemployment benefits; WH: $15 minimum wage is a priority for President Biden; GOP Sen: We have “a hundred” amendments “in the hopper”; With 50-50 split, Senate Dems have no room for error in passing relief; NYT & WSJ: Cuomo aides altered data to lower Covid nursing home deaths by nearly half; Cuomo accuser to CBS: He’s a “textbook abuser”; Cuomo accuser recounts thinking the governor was grooming her, trying to have sex with her; New CDC guidance for vaccinated Americans expected “soon”; Pew Research Center: About 70% of Americans have been vaccinated or plan to get vaccinated; White House tries to clean up fallout from Detroit mayor declining J&J vaccines; Some states roll back restrictions despite expert’s warning; Fauci to Tapper: U.S. shouldn’t pull back restrictions until new Covid cases fall below 10,000 per day; Lebron James joins fight against Republican-led bills which would make it harder to vote; Georgia investigation into Trump’s attempts to overturn election enters new phase as grand jury convenes; Measures like thorough contact tracing help reassure parents as schools stay open in Canada; Pope Francis makes first-ever papal visit to Iraq to spread message of “peace & unity”; First black woman to drive Nashville city bus dies of Covid;
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| 0:00.0 | This is CNN Breaking News. |
| 0:04.1 | And welcome to the lead-on-JTapper. |
| 0:05.9 | We begin with breaking news in the politics lead today, moments ago President Joe Biden |
| 0:09.9 | pitched his $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill in a roundtable at the White House. |
| 0:15.0 | Right now the U.S. Senate is considering the major economic package, which could put more |
| 0:19.8 | money in your pocket. |
| 0:21.3 | But first, hours or even days of Republican delay tactics are expected in the Senate. |
| 0:26.6 | Right now the Senate is at something of a standstill because of a debate over unemployment |
| 0:31.6 | benefits. |
| 0:32.6 | One senators reached that final vote, Democrats, have no room for air with a 50-50 partisan |
| 0:37.9 | split in the chamber this afternoon. |
| 0:39.9 | President Biden also said the new jobs report out proves the bill is urgently needed, though |
| 0:45.1 | the U.S. added far more jobs and economists expected 379,000 jobs last month. |
| 0:50.8 | As CNN's film Manningly reports, President Biden says his plan is essentially to turn |
| 0:54.7 | the economy back around because that is not enough jobs needed. |
| 0:58.6 | We can't afford one step forward and two steps backwards. |
| 1:04.2 | President Joe Biden trying to maximize the urgency of his $1.9 trillion COVID relief plan. |
| 1:10.4 | The rescue plan is absolutely essential for turning this around, getting kids back to |
| 1:16.1 | school safely, getting a lifeline in small business, and getting the upper hand on |
| 1:21.9 | COVID-19. |
| 1:23.0 | Even as the U.S. economy starts to bounce back, a hiring search in February with 379,000 |
| 1:30.2 | jobs added in the unemployment rate ticking down to 6.2 percent. |
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