Biden signs bill to protect same-sex & interracial marriages

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🗓️ 14 December 2022

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President Biden has signed legislation guaranteeing that states have to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages after the bill passed in Congress with bipartisan support. Also, Biden celebrated new economic data that shows inflation is cooling more than expected. Plus, a new Senate report has found widespread sexual abuse in female federal prisons. Senator Jon Ossoff joins to discuss the next steps to resolve the sexual violence facing incarcerated women. 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	10 years after Biden got a head of his skis on same-sex marriage, today he's making
0:07.4	his view the law of the land.
0:10.0	The lead starts right now.
0:12.2	The Respect for Marriage Act, nearly official, federally mandating that all states recognize
0:19.9	same-sex and interracial marriages, what this day means for one of the specially invited
0:25.4	White House guests to attend it today's Bill signing ceremony.
0:29.1	Plus, first on CNN, New Help for Ukraine, the major air defense system that the U.S. may
0:34.5	soon send that Zelensky has been begging for, for months, and the big economic players
0:40.7	tamping down fears of recession, what are they seeing in the data that so many other economists
0:46.8	are not?
0:49.7	Welcome to the lead, I'm Jake Tappern, we start this afternoon with two major stories
0:56.4	in our politics lead, both at the White House, the first involves your wallet.
0:59.8	Today, President Biden celebrated new economic data, which shows that inflation is thankfully
1:04.6	cooling more than expected at least last month.
1:08.1	Inflation now sits at 7.1% still high, but the lowest level since last December, though
1:12.8	President Biden acknowledged today too many families are still struggling.
1:38.2	We begin today with the other major story unfolding right now at the White House, and just
1:42.3	a few minutes, President Biden will sign that legislation guaranteeing that states have
1:47.8	to recognize same-sex and interracial marriages after the law passed Congress with bipartisan
1:52.8	support.
1:53.8	Let's get straight to CNN's Chief White House correspondent Phil Manningley, who's at
1:57.1	the White House.
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