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The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

Biden: “Winter Of Severe Illness & Death” For Unvaccinated

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

CNN

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3.2865 Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2021

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

Biden issued a dire warning saying that it will be a “winter of severe illness and death” for Americans who remain unvaccinated as the highly contagious Omicron variant quickly spreads across the country.  Congressman Adam Kinzinger joins to discuss GOP Rep. Jim Jordan’s efforts to join the January 6th committee to investigate the Capitol riot despite Rep. Jordan having pushed election conspiracy theories himself. 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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Go to Economist.com and get your first month free. Happening now breaking news President Biden issuing a dire warning a winter of

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severe illness and death he, among unvaccinated Americans

0:43.2

as the amachron coron coron coron virus variant quickly

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spreads across the country.

0:48.7

Also, growing questions about GOP Congressman Jim Jordan who pushed an election conspiracy theory and was then wanted and then wanted to be on the House January 6 select committee.

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We're going to talk about it with one of two Republicans on that panel, Congressman

1:05.2

Adam Kinziger, he's standing by live.

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Plus, President Biden facing troubling poll numbers as his agenda is clearly stalling right now. There's little hope

1:14.9

of his sweeping spending plan passing of the Senate before the end of the year as

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well as voting rights legislation.

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So what is his party's plan?

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We're going to ask the number two Democrat in the US Senate, Dick Durbin.

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We want to welcome our viewers here in the United States

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and around the world. I'm Wolf Blitzer, you're in the United States and around the world.

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