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
CNN
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🗓️ 9 August 2021
⏱️ 41 minutes
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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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