Democratic divided leave Biden’s agenda stalled in congress; Bipartisan report: Failure to relay intel led to Jan 6 attack; Major websites & apps go dark in massive internet outage; Hospital workers in Houston protest mandate to get vaccine; French Pres. Macron slapped in the face
The Lead with Jake Tapper
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🗓️ 8 June 2021
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Biden wraps upcall with lead GOP negotiator on infrastructure; Bipartisan senate group working on new infrastructure plan; Democrats confront reality of narrowly split congress; Sen. Capito’s office: Biden’s call with lead GOP negotiator on infrastructure lasted 5 minutes; Dem senator: Time to “move on from bipartisanship”; Growing number of Dems concerned about scrapping filibuster; Trump’s role absent from bipartisan senate Jan 6 report; McConnell refuses to say whether Jan 6 was ab “insurrection”; Senate report reveals sweeping failures of capitol attack, but omits the word “insurrection” & Trump’s role in inciting it; In social media posts, rioters said to “bring guns” & “be mentally prepared to” shoot police; Bipartisan report: Police knew rioters planned for violence; Some republicans dismiss insurrection as “false narrative”; Colonial Pipeline CEO testifies on Capitol Hill, defends paying hackers millions; Sources: U.S. Ambassador to Russia wary of U.S. concessions to Moscow; As lawmakers debate infrastructure, U.S. schools are in desperate need of funding; Biden admin proposes $100B for school construction & repairs; Norwegian Cruise Line to challenge Florida rule with vaccine requirement for passengers; Fauci on Biden’s 70% vaccine goal: July 4th is not the end of it; Israel claims Hamas was developing “Iron Dome” jamming system in news building it destroyed; AP statement on Israel saying Hamas was in its Gaza building: “We have yet to receive evidence to support these claims”
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| 0:00.0 | So I think you forgot the insurrection part, the lead starts right now. |
| 0:05.7 | A bipartisan Senate report lays out stunning failures surrounding the January 6th Maga |
| 0:10.4 | terror attack on the Capitol, but in order to get Senate Republicans on board, the report |
| 0:15.4 | leaves out the president's role in citing the event. |
| 0:19.5 | And Trump is not the only thing that's missing. |
| 0:22.6 | Roadblocks, critical talks happening again today as President Biden tries to cut a deal |
| 0:27.5 | on infrastructure could his whole agenda vanish into the abyss of the 50-50 Senate. |
| 0:34.6 | Plus crumbling schools that were built back when Abraham Lincoln was a congressman, embarrassing |
| 0:40.2 | details behind some of this nation's infrastructure needs. |
| 0:48.6 | Welcome to the lead on Jake Tapper and we start today with our politics lead in a harsh |
| 0:52.4 | reality check for a party that thought controlling the White House and the Senate and the House |
| 0:56.2 | of Representatives might actually translate to power. |
| 1:00.0 | Today, nearly every single Democratic priority seems stalled on Capitol Hill. |
| 1:04.7 | On infrastructure, President Biden just wrapped up a call with the lead Republican negotiator, |
| 1:09.5 | but with both sides hundreds of billions of dollars apart the White House is already |
| 1:14.0 | starting to look at the plan B waiting in the wings. |
| 1:17.6 | Then there's the expansive election reform bill that's failed to earn the support of key |
| 1:21.8 | Democratic Senator Joe Manchin even after a meeting with civil rights leaders today. |
| 1:26.3 | This wall efforts at policing reform also remain at a standstill. |
| 1:30.6 | So President Biden will leave the United States in just hours for his first international |
| 1:35.5 | trip as Commander-in-Chief with no major items from his April, May or June to do lists |
| 1:43.7 | checked off. |
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