Bogus AZ audit backfires on Trump, confirms Biden won; CDC director breaks with advisory panel, expands booster eligibility; Sources: Afghan evacuees in Europe straining U.S. bases; Biden admits Dems are at a “stalemate” over his economic plans;

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🗓️ 24 September 2021

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Trump looks for new ways to undermine democracy after “fraudit” backfires in Arizona and confirms his loss; As one “big sham” ends in Arizona, another begins in Texas; Without any proof, Trump still claims 2020 election was rigged; Biden WH won’t assert executive privilege in Jan 6 investigation; Biden: if you’re eligible for a Pfizer booster, get it “now”; 2 hosts of “The View” test positive right before VP Harris interview; Sources: the challenges of housing a large population of evacuees at Ramstein Air Base becoming a “dire situation”; Measles outbreak delaying plans to move Afghan refugees from base in Germany as freezing temperatures near; 10k refugees stuck at air base in Germany; 53,000 housed at eight military bases across the U.S.; Approximately 2,000 of 3000 Afghan women at Ramstein Air Base in Germany are pregnant; Pelosi expects vote on Biden’s spending package next week; In letter to Dems, Pelosi says she expects to pass both the budget bill and infrastructure bill next week; Body found in river identified as missing grad student Jelani Day; FBI: nearly a third of missing persons are black, despite making up just 13% of the U.S. population; Black, indigenous, and minority families say they struggle to get attention on their missing persons cases; 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	That sham audit of Arizona votes backfired on Mr. Trump.
0:06.3	Beleed starts right now.
0:08.9	Trump praised them as, quote, highly respected auditors, and then he deleted the statement
0:14.7	once the bogus results came in, concluding, again, anyway, that Biden won.
0:20.7	So why is the Republican Party continuing to push these nonsensical election lies and
0:25.4	even more states?
0:27.3	A shot of confusion.
0:29.6	The CDC director just broke with her agency's own independent vaccine advisors to allow
0:36.0	more Americans to get a third-COVID-shot plus.
0:40.2	Even President Biden admitting now that his massive agenda is, at a, quote, stalemate,
0:45.0	can his big spending plans make it through his own party.
0:55.6	Welcome to the Lena Tick Tapper, and we begin this hour with some breaking news in our
0:59.3	politics.
1:00.3	This just-in White House press secretary Jen Psaki says that the Biden administration
1:05.6	will not assert executive privilege and will not shield Trump era records from the January
1:13.3	6th Select Committee investigating the attack on the Capitol.
1:16.2	Simply put, this means the Select Committee can potentially access documents and other
1:21.8	information relating to what then President Trump and his top aides were doing before,
1:27.8	during, and after the Capitol insurrection on January 6th.
1:32.4	This development comes after the committee issued its first subpoena's compelling testimony
1:35.8	from four close Trump allies seeking information about the insurrection.
1:41.4	Trump and his supporters most brazen and violent attempt to overturn the 2020 election, though
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