Biden wraps up first fay of meetings; Discussed protecting democracy & cyber hacks with UK PM; Biden to send 500 million Pfizer vaccine doses worldwide; GOP Sen. Romney: Bipartisan negotiators reached agreement on infrastructure price tag, but not specifics of overall deal

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🗓️ 10 June 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Biden: U.S. will buy, donate 500m doses Pfizer vaccine; Biden prepares for crucial face-to-face with Putin; Biden meets with key allies before crucial Putin summit; U.S. hopes to agree on ambassadors retuning to Moscow, DC; Moderna asks FDA to authorize its vaccine for children ages 12-17; U.S. over 42% fully vaccinated, almost 52% partially vaccinated; CDC: Most states have administered less than half of the Johnson & Johnson doses received; U.S. over 42% fully vaccinated, almost 52% partially vaccinated; 13 states already met President Biden’s goal to partially vaccinate 70% adults ahead of July 4 deadline; GOP leader McConnell: A bipartisan infrastructure deal would be popular on both sides on the aisle; Biden’s infrastructure plan calls for $100B investment in renewable energy, underground power grid; Iowa farmer on Biden’s green plan: Slow down, don’t shove it down our throat; Iowa republican backs Biden’s plans too expand U.S. power grid options, “I am fully on board”; WV conservative says he worries about too much “green” talk; TX sheriff’s office investigating deputy’s tasing of 16-year-old boy; New body cam video shows deputy tasing migrant boy for over 30 seconds; U.S. sanctions Nicaragua, says Ortega’s regime is driving the country “deeper into tyranny”

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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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