Biden won’t assert privilege over Trump Docs sought by Jan 6 CMTE; U.S. adds 194,000 jobs in September, far fewer than expected; Senate passes bill to avoid economic catastrophe (for now);

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🗓️ 8 October 2021

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Bannon defies Jan 6 subpoena, citing Trump’s “direction”; Jan 6 CMTE considering criminal contempt referral; Jan 6 CMTE: Meadows and Patel are “engaging” with Committee; Biden blames covid for disappointing jobs report but argues progress is being made; Biden: unemployment rate down to 4.8%, but “more to do”; Biden faces disappointing jobs report, stalled agenda; Biden: U.S. risks losing our edge without infrastructure deal; U.S. adds 194,000 jobs in September, far fewer than expected; Bipartisan criticism after Schumer goes after GOP in speech; AP: Progressive chair told Biden $2T compromise was “too low”; Dems rush to reach spending bill compromise by Oct. 31; Giroir U.S. has “turned a corner” but “not out of the woods”; U.S. COVID cases, hospitalizations and deaths dropping; CDC: Fewer Americans getting their first covid vaccine; NEW STUDY: Children as likely as adults to contract covid; Doctor: COVID cases falling, but “We’re still in two Americas” ; Giroir: Airlines should not mandate vaccination for travel; Dozens dead and wounded in suicide bombing at Afghan Mosque; 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	Steve Bannon defiant for now, but Liz Cheney's out there saying, okay, get ready for
0:07.0	a purplock, buddy, the lead starts right now.
0:11.2	Breaking today, President Biden making a move that might leave Donald Trump very few
0:15.6	options, as at the same time the alt-right-respudent, who helped Trump win the White House, gives
0:21.7	the finger to Congress and to the rule of law.
0:25.8	By the drag, the latest jobs report delivering dismally underperforming numbers, President
0:31.0	Biden saying COVID cases went up and job growth went down, but is it really that simple?
0:36.4	Plus, more carnage in Afghanistan, a blast at a Shiite mosque killing and wounding dozens
0:43.8	after the U.S. leaves, and ISIS spreads.
0:53.9	Welcome to the lead, I'm Jake Taffer, we begin today with breaking news in the politics
0:57.6	lead, a bold move from the Biden White House, minutes after the House select committee investigating
1:02.6	the January 6th insurrection, threatened Donald Trump allies with possible criminal charges.
1:08.4	First, Steve Bannon, former President Trump senior adviser, defied a congressional
1:13.1	subpoena, arguing that he's following Trump's direction to not comply.
1:17.1	Bannon claimed it might be up to the courts to decide whether or not he will ultimately
1:21.2	be forced to cooperate.
1:22.6	All today, the chairs of that select committee, including Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney
1:26.9	said, bring it on.
1:29.4	Another major development today, former President Trump has been telling his allies he plans
1:33.6	to assert executive privilege to keep documents and other information from the committee.
1:38.6	But that's not entirely ultimately up to him, and late this afternoon, the Biden administration
1:44.5	said, they will allow those documents to go from the White House to the committee, recovering
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