Biden on Capitol Hill meeting with democrats; California will require COVID-19 vaccine for students;

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 2 October 2021

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Now: Biden meets with Dems as agenda hangs in the balance; Biden: we’re gonna get this done, it doesn’t matter when; Merck: new pill cuts risk of COVID hospitalization, death by half; NYC mayor teachers are now 93% vaccinated; FDA to hold vaccine panel meetings this month for J&J and Moderna boosters, Pfizer vaccine for ages 5-11; Outrage after VP Harris fails to correct smear of Israel; growing criticism after latest misstep by VP Harris; Alabama Gov signs bills to spend COVID relief money on new prisons; 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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0:00.0	Can President Biden bring his agenda back from the brink the lead starts right now?
0:08.4	The president just arrived at the Capitol hoping to convince Democrats to save his agenda
0:13.3	instead of killing it, does the long-time dealmakers still have it in him and could be revolutionary
0:21.2	Merck says it is a kill that can cut the risk of hospitalization or death from COVID in half.
0:29.1	Plus, it's money meant to help fight the effects of the deadly pandemic, so why is the state with
0:34.4	one of the worst COVID rates in the nation trying to spend your money on prisons?
0:45.9	Welcome to the lead, I'm Jake Taffer, and we start with breaking news in our politics lead
0:49.6	moments ago, President Joe Biden arriving on Capitol Hill and now meeting with House Democrats
0:54.4	hoping to mend the inner party skirmish with nearly his entire agenda on the verge of collapsing
1:01.2	one member of Democratic leadership, Caucus Chair Hakeem Jeffries of New York expressed optimism
1:05.7	this afternoon that the delayed infrastructure vote will happen today and he says it will pass.
1:11.0	Speaker has indicated that we're going to vote today, I expect to vote today and I expect that
1:17.1	the bill will pass today. Now whether or not that happens depends on if progressives in the House
1:23.5	Democratic caucus are happy with the progress made on a separate piece of legislation, the much
1:28.3	larger build back better act, a bill that would expand social safety net programs such as Medicare
1:34.3	or childcare. We know a compromise has been floated by the White House and by Democratic leaders,
1:39.6	a top line number of $2.1 trillion, but there is no indication yet if moderate Democrats,
1:46.2	such as Joe Manchin of West Virginia, who said he wanted $1.5 trillion as a top line number,
1:52.0	whether he is willing to go that high and if progressives who have already compromised down
1:56.8	to $3.5 trillion are willing to give any more. So let's get straight to Capitol Hill and
2:01.7	CNN's Ryan Nobles. Just outside the meeting room, Ryan, a lot's riding on this meeting.
2:09.5	Yeah, there's no doubt about that, Jake. And the president of the United States came here to the
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