Coroner: Gabby Petito died by strangulation; Democrats divided on how to scale down Biden’s agenda; Texas governor bans all COVID vaccine mandates in state;

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🗓️ 12 October 2021

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CNN: autopsy reveals Gabby Petito died by “manual” strangulation; Laundrie family attorney reacts to cause of death, says “death at such a young age is a tragedy”; Coroner: state stature says only cause of death, manner will be released; Coroner: Petito’s body was outside in the wilderness for 3-4 weeks before being found; Pelosi: “very disappointed” democrats could not reach deal on original $3.5T spending package; Biden poll numbers drop amid COVID, economic crisis; Judge: NY heath care workers can claim religious exemption; NY Nets star can’t play until he is fully vaccinated; Poll: 65% support vaccine mandates for health care workers; Dr. Fauci: “we know that mandates work”; Mom files lawsuit, calls schools a COVID-19 “snake pit”; Mother of 10-year-old who dies: “COVID is not over”; Buenos Aires begins vaccinating children at age 3; New U.S. OVID cases at lowest point since early August; American & Southwest Airlines keeping mandates for employee vaccinations despite Texas governor’s order; Schiff calls McCarthy an “insurrectionist in a suit and tie”; Schiff vows quick action if Trump insiders defy subpoenas; Senate report details FOP Rep Scott Perry’s role in Trump’s plot to overturn election; Gas prices skyrocket to highest levels in seven years; AAA: national average for gas hits $3.28 a gallon, up 20 cents in a month; 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	We now know how Gabby Petito died, the lead starts right now.
0:07.3	Just minutes ago, a corner, corner revealed the cause of death in the Petito case, but still
0:13.0	so many questions remain unanswered, and her fiancé, Brian Laundry, is still missing.
0:18.8	And then, the Texas governor is saying no one, no school, no restaurant, no business,
0:24.5	no one is allowed to impose a vaccine mandate, but today two major companies in that state
0:29.8	are telling the governor, don't mess with us.
0:33.8	Kyrie Irving, Bench, the Brooklyn net start, will not play or practice because of a matter
0:39.2	he calls private.
0:48.4	Welcome to the lead I'm Jake Tafer, and we begin today with breaking news in our nationally.
0:52.0	Just minutes ago, we finally learned Gabby Petito, the 22-year-old woman found dead in a
0:56.7	Wyoming National Park three weeks ago, was killed by strangulation.
1:01.0	Her death, according to the Wyoming corner, was ruled a homicide.
1:04.4	Petito was first reported missing more than a month ago after spending the summer traveling
1:08.5	with her 23-year-old fiancé, Brian Laundry, the couple extensively documented their
1:13.2	adventures on social media and stoked nationwide conversation about the tens of thousands
1:20.4	of missing person stories that do not garner such an intense interest.
1:25.6	They also brought attention to the issues of domestic abuse and, apparently, inadequate
1:30.3	police training on the matter of domestic abuse.
1:33.2	Sinans Leyla Santiago starts us off from Florida where investigators continue to search
1:37.4	for Laundry.
1:38.4	The fiancé who disappeared after he became a person of interest.
1:43.1	It was death by strangulation and manner is homicide.
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