Biden: You can shake hands, give each other a hug if you're vaccinated; CDC: Vaccinated people don't need a mask inside or outside; Fauci gives first interview since new CDC mask guidance; Soon: House GOP meets to discuss Liz Cheney's replacement; U.N. warns of "full scale war" amid Israel-Gaza violence;
The Lead with Jake Tapper
CNN
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🗓️ 13 May 2021
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Biden after new CDC mask guidance: It's a good day for the country; CDC Dir. to Dr. Gupta: Science was clear to loosen mask guidance for fully vaccinated Americans; TSA requiring masks on planes, trains & buses until Sept. 13; Source: McCarthy hoped Cheney would resign before vote; Cheney doesn't rule out a run for president against Trump; Cheney: Trump will "unravel the democracy to come back into power"; George P Bush: Cheney should be fighting Biden, not GOP; Ethnic clashes rock Jewish-Arab cities in Israel;
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the lean object taper. You've been listening to President Biden speaking in the |
| 0:04.4 | Rose Garden at the White House walking out without a mask on, walking back into the White House |
| 0:09.3 | without a mask on. He heralded the very new CDC guidance saying that those people who are fully |
| 0:16.2 | vaccinated no longer need to wear masks in almost every single situation indoors and outdoors. |
| 0:23.1 | He said you can shake hands, you can give each other hug as long as everyone is fully vaccinated. |
| 0:28.9 | The president also praised the American people who have been fully vaccinated saying they did |
| 0:33.3 | their patriotic duty. Got the country to this point while noting that many other countries are |
| 0:38.4 | still struggling with new outbreaks or a slow vaccine rollout. Let's bring in Dr. Sanjay Gupta |
| 0:45.9 | to talk more about this incredibly important moment. Perhaps the most important since we've |
| 0:52.2 | learned that there actually was a vaccine that worked. Sanjay, tell us how important this moment is, |
| 0:59.4 | this decision by the CDC. It feels like a very, very big moment, Jake. I mean, I think for a long |
| 1:07.5 | time we've been wondering when we would get to a moment like this. Some people are going to think |
| 1:11.4 | maybe it was rushed a little bit, other thing will think that it's been a long time coming. |
| 1:17.2 | What I would say is that the science I think has been clear for some time on not only |
| 1:22.0 | how well these vaccines work as you alluded to, but also how well they protect you, |
| 1:27.6 | how well they work in terms of preventing you from getting sick, but also how well they work in |
| 1:31.2 | terms of preventing you from becoming infected, and most importantly and most recently, |
| 1:36.2 | how well they work in terms of making it unlikely you would pass the infection onto someone else. |
| 1:41.7 | You remember, Jake, you say, well, I'm vaccinated. Why do I continue to wear a mask? Why do I need that? |
| 1:46.0 | Well, the idea was that maybe you could be an unwitting carrier, a silent carrier of the virus |
| 1:52.2 | I think the data, and I just got off the phone with Dr. Walensky. I'll tell you as well. I called |
| 1:56.1 | her because I still had some questions after these announcements, but one of the big things was |
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