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Good Thursday morning. I'm Anna Palmer and welcome to your Politico Playbook Audio Briefing.

And I'm Jake Sherman. Siren on the vaccine front, the AP is reporting that Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine

will face its final hurdle in its race to become the first shot green lighted in the

U.S. A panel of experts will scrutinize the company's data for any red flags today. The FDA is

expected, though not required, to follow the committee's advice. We caught up with Alexandria Ocasio

Cortez on Joe Biden's cabinet. She said she'd like to see a little more of a cohesive vision

and to better understand what the Biden administration's agenda and overall vision is.

She said she thinks it's a little hazy.

Ben Shrekinger is reporting that the Justice Department's interest in Hunter Biden is about more

than just his taxes.

He has a source saying the investigation as of early last year

included probes into potential money laundering and Hunter Biden's foreign ties. And here's the latest

on COVID relief. If anyone agrees on anything, it's that a COVID relief bill probably needs to

come together in the next day or so for it to have a chance of becoming law.

Why? Because it will need to be drafted. It will need time to get through two chambers. It's

Thursday. There are eight days until the presumptive end of the session. Speaker Nancy Pelosi

Wednesday evening told a group of us, it will come together, one way or another. It's been moving,

she said. She also said they're waiting to hear back on the language on a couple of us, it will come together, one way or another. It's been moving, she said. She also said

they're waiting to hear back on the language on a couple of things, because it's all about the text,

the famous text. When told that Republicans want Pelosi and Mitch McConnell to get in the room

to work this out, Pelosi said, is that what they think? Good for them. Tell them to go meet with

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