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The Lead with Jake Tapper

CDC: more than 99.99% of fully vaccinated people have not had a severe breakthrough of COVID-19; NY speaker: Cuomo impeachment probe could wrap in “weeks”; Biden’s two-track infrastructure push sees momentum;

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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3.51.7K Ratings

🗓️ 9 August 2021

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Hospitals in southern states running out of space and staff; Right-wing conspiracy theorist spreading COVID misinformation; Florida schools reopen as COVID positivity rate rises among children; CDC vaccine advisers meet on Friday to discuss vaccine boosters; FL church loses six unvaccinated members to COVID amid Delta surge; Full FDA approval on Pfizer vaccine expected in coming weeks; U.S. averaging 100,000+ daily cases for first time since winter surge; Gov. Cuomo’s top aide resigns as he faces potential impeachment; Cuomo’s executive assistant to CBS: “what he did to me was a crime”; Sources: aides say Cuomo in a “fighting mood,” want him to resign; Senate moves toward final vote on $1.2T infrastructure bill; Democrats release $3.5 trillion budget resolution, doesn’t include an increase to the debt limit; Source: members of congress concerned about security, threats; U.N. Secy General: climate report is “code red for humanity”; U.N. report: world has warmed faster than previously thought; California’s Dixie fire now the second largest in state history; Thousands evacuated in Greece as fires rage; Largest lake in Middle East shrinks to half its size due to drought; Florida governor vows to appeal judge’s cruise line ruling; Federal judge: cruise line can require proof of vaccination; Indiana University students ask Supreme Court to block school’s vaccine mandate; Some college students using fake vaccine cards to evade mandates; Students reveal some fake vaccine cards have sold for $200 a pop; Some college vaccine mandates met with lawsuits and flood of exemption requests; DOJ: it’s a federal crime to create fake vaccine cards; Rep. Ocasio-Cortez says first term was “very painful”; Ocasio-Cortez: “very cold environment” in “my own party”; Ocasio-Cortez doesn’t rule out 2022 challenge to Schumer; 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

Some politicians giving a masterclass in misinformation, the lead starts right now.

0:09.2

Kids are heading back to school in the middle of a surge in COVID cases, and it's prompting

0:14.6

more anti-scientific attacks on masks and vaccines.

0:19.0

Then, the stage is set for the first private and public hearings as the New York State

0:24.1

Assembly ingest toward the potential impeachment of Governor Cuomo in a matter of weeks.

0:30.2

Plus, Code Red fires burning out of control lakes, dried up a shocking new warning that is

0:36.3

likely to impact nearly everyone on planet Earth.

0:45.0

Hello, and welcome to the lead.

0:46.3

I'm Pamela Brown in for Jake Tapper on this Monday, and we begin this hour with our

0:50.7

health lead.

0:51.7

CDC data now shows more than 99.99% of fully vaccine to people have avoided a severe breakthrough

0:59.0

case of COVID.

1:00.3

But nearly a third of those eligible still haven't gotten the shot.

1:04.4

Testing lines stretch for hours in Orlando.

1:07.3

Dr. Anthony Fauci warning the unvaccinated are seeing a smoldering level of infection.

1:13.4

One Miami doctor says, quote, our children's hospitals are completely overwhelmed.

1:19.3

Immigration rates are increasing, we should note, but not fast enough to slow the spread

1:23.9

of the Delta variant.

1:25.6

One for all, just in Texas, telling the Washington Post, it's like Jurassic Park.

1:30.2

The moment you realize the dinosaurs have all got loose again.

1:33.6

And yet, lies and misinformation are also running wild.

1:38.4

A handful of Republican governors fighting against public health measures and some extremist

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