Biden pitches spending plans as negotiations intensify; Key FDA panel unanimously recommends J&J booster shot; Biden admin plans to revive controversial Trump-era border policy;

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 15 October 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Manchin & Sinema detail key disagreements over Biden agenda; One-on-one with White House press secretary Jen Psaki; CNN Poll: only 25% of Americans see economic bills helping them; Klain retweets economist saying inflation is a “high class” problem; Psaki’s mention of VA governor’s race raises objections; FDA panel recommends J&J booster 2 months after first shot; CDC: unvaccinated adults have 11x higher risk of dying, 6x higher chance of testing positive; CDC: more than 90% of people who got J&J may be eligible for booster; NIH study: mixing & matching boosters seems effective; Migrant surge complicating VP Harris’s border assignment; DHS watchdog report criticizes ICE’s use of solitary confinement; Bill Clinton in hospital aster infection spread to bloodstream; Bill Clinton hospitalized for infection but “on the mend”; Source: Biden called Clinton, talked politics & VA gov race; British lawmaker stabbed to death at meeting with voters; British counter-terrorism police to lead investigation into stabbing death of member of British parliament; 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	On the road again, President Biden struggles to sell his economic vision.
0:06.8	The lead starts right now.
0:09.3	Needing to convince Americans that he can help them, President Biden this afternoon touting
0:14.0	his massive agenda, but it's still stalled by his own party.
0:18.3	White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki is here.
0:21.3	A vote by an FDA advisory panel just minutes ago to approve booster shots for millions
0:26.3	more Americans as new data clearly shows a shot can literally be a matter of life or
0:31.3	death.
0:32.3	Plus, a British lawmaker killed after being stabbed multiple times while meeting with
0:36.4	voters were live on the scene.
0:40.8	Hello and welcome to the lead on Jake Tapp, but we start this hour in our politics lead
0:46.8	President Biden promising to slash childcare costs for working class families he's visiting
0:51.2	Connecticut today.
0:52.5	Pitching this proposal and others as part of his far-reaching spending plans on programs
0:57.0	such as expanding Medicare or free community college tuition.
1:01.2	Currently, that bill is in jeopardy back home in Washington, D.C.
1:05.1	That social safety net package has stalled again as moderate Democratic senators disagree
1:09.9	with progressives, with no compromise in sight as CNN's Phil Mattingley reports President
1:14.8	Biden plans to spend his weekend negotiating.
1:20.5	Biden hitting the road and the playground to unlock his stalled agenda.
1:25.4	Too many folks in Washington still don't realize it isn't enough just to invest in our physical
1:30.4	infrastructure.
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