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The Daily 202's Big Idea

Biden proposes $1.9 trillion in covid relief, as Trump team refuses to consult on vaccine rollout

The Daily 202's Big Idea

The Washington Post

Politics, News, Daily News

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2021

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Plus, Dozens of people on the FBI’s terrorist watch list came to D.C. on the day of the insurrection, and the Secret Service is spending $144,000 so agents protecting Ivanka Trump's house can go to the bathroom.

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0:00.0

Good morning. I'm James Holman from the Washington Post and this is the Daily

0:04.4

202 for Friday January 15th. In today's news, dozens of people on the FBI's

0:11.3

terrorist watch list came to DC on the FBI's terrorist watch list

0:13.2

came to DC on the day of the insurrection.

0:16.4

A Justice Department review finds President Trump

0:19.6

pushed for child separation

0:21.6

despite his denials and dire warnings about what a disaster it would be.

0:26.2

And the Secret Service is spending 144,000 dollars, so agents protecting

0:32.5

Avonka Trump's house can go to the bathroom.

0:37.0

But first, the big idea.

0:40.0

Last night, President-elect Joe Biden laid out a $1.9 trillion emergency relief plan in a prime time speech.

0:47.0

He's aiming to get GOP support for the measure, although the price tag is likely to be too high for many conservatives to swallow.

0:53.9

But after campaigning as a bipartisan dealmaker, he wants to at least give Republicans the opportunity

0:59.1

to get behind his first legislative effort as president. He described this as a package of

1:04.4

emergency measures that will be followed in February by a broader relief bill

1:08.7

that he says he'll unveil in his first appearance before a joint session of

1:12.4

Congress.

1:13.0

This is a critical time for our nation.

1:16.0

More than 4,200 of our fellow Americans died yesterday from COVID,

1:21.0

another new daily record. And the economic recovery continues to

1:26.4

backslide. Jobless claims have spiked to a new high since August. Nearly 1 million

1:32.0

Americans filed for unemployment last week.

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