Biden signs bill to make Juneteenth a federal holiday; Supreme Court upholds Obamacare for the third time; Right-Wing media, GOP lawmakers peddle baseless theory the FBI was behind January 6th insurrection; Major bank tell staff to be back at work by Sept.; Key swing vote Manchin proposes comprise on voting bills
The Lead with Jake Tapper
CNN
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🗓️ 17 June 2021
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Biden arrives home to Dem party fractures over agenda; Bipartisan infrastructure deal includes $579B in new spending; WH Official: Outlook “Very Encouraging” on top domestic issues; Biden, Putin summit ends with some diplomatic steps; Supreme Court decision to leave Obamacare intact preserves health care for millions; White House cheers court decision to leave Obamacare intact; Morgan Stanley CEO: If you can go to a NYC restaurant, you can go to work; Officials warn unvaccinated Americans of more contagious variant; WH: Too many low-vaccinated communities remain at risk; Fauci on Delta variant: “Not concerned” about fully vaccinated people; Stacey Abrams to CNN: I support Manchin proposal; Manchin: Make Election Day a holiday, mandatory 15 early voting days; McConnell: GOP won’t support Manchin proposal; Texas Gov says he’ll build wall with state money, crowdsourcing
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| 0:00.0 | President Biden trying to mend a special relationship with a guy he once called Trump's |
| 0:06.1 | clone, the lead starts right now. |
| 0:09.7 | President Biden speaking in the UK promising hundreds of millions of vaccines to the rest |
| 0:15.9 | of the world as Vladimir Putin rattles his cage ahead of a U.S. Russia summit that could |
| 0:21.0 | get ugly. |
| 0:23.3 | A possible breakthrough for an infrastructure deal, as the guy who once proudly called himself |
| 0:27.2 | the Senate's grim reaper, gives talks a lifeline. |
| 0:31.3 | Plus, 16 years old and tased, the shocking newly released video of a Texas deputy, tazing |
| 0:39.2 | a migrant boy for what seemed like forever. |
| 0:46.8 | Welcome to the lead object hopper, and we start today with our world lead and President |
| 0:49.9 | Biden wrapping up the first day of this high stakes international trip, his first as |
| 0:55.0 | President this afternoon, Biden met with UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson, a man that |
| 1:00.4 | Biden once called, quote, a physical and emotional clone, unquote, of Donald Trump. |
| 1:05.9 | But, bygones, the two seem to set that aside today with President Biden noting that |
| 1:10.1 | they discussed a range of issues, including protecting democracy and cyber security. |
| 1:15.5 | That was a clear nod to Biden's efforts in getting major U.S. allies on board before |
| 1:20.1 | Biden confronts Russia's Vladimir Putin, not to mention an acknowledgement perhaps that |
| 1:24.4 | democracy is not fully safe and secure here in the United States, either. |
| 1:28.9 | This afternoon, President Biden also announced what he is calling an unprecedented response |
| 1:33.0 | the U.S. planning to distribute and donate 500 million doses of the Pfizer coronavirus |
| 1:38.4 | vaccine to countries around the world. |
| 1:40.5 | This is more than just a humanitarian effort we should note. |
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