FedEx shooting is 45th mass shooting in U.S. last month; Unsettling week after use of force questioned in Adam Toledo, Daunte Wright & George Floyd deaths; Scientific American: We’re making so many masks a year they could cover the entire area of Switzerland; White House backtracks on refugee decision, says Biden will announce new increased cap by May 15; CDC: More than 30% of adults in the U.S. are fully vaccinated;
The Lead with Jake Tapper
CNN
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🗓️ 16 April 2021
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Eight killed, several injured in America’s latest mass shooting; Sources: FBI previously investigated FedEx suspect after family member reported potential for violence; FBI: “Premature to speculate” on FedEx shooter’s motive; ER doctor on how “gun violence affects literally all of us”; Officials give update on FedEx mass shooting investigation; Police identify suspected FedEx shooter as former employee; WH plans to release $1.7 billion to fight Covid variants; CDC advisers meeting again next week to review J&J vaccine pause; Researchers begin testing Pfizer vaccine on kids as young as two; J&J scientists say there isn’t enough evidence to link vaccine to rare blood clots; Discarded masks filling up landfills, littering oceans; Recycling company VP: PPE has created a “monster waste stream”; Cleveland clinic sterilizing masks, turning PPE into fuel, reusing hand sanitizer bottles to reduce waste; Russia sanctions eight U.S. officials and expels diplomats in retaliation for Biden’s sanctions;
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Lead M. Jake Tapper, and we start with our national lead today. |
| 0:05.1 | The epidemic of gun violence in the United States of America. |
| 0:10.2 | And another, another mass shooting. |
| 0:13.0 | This one leaving eight families with funerals to plan. |
| 0:16.1 | And another community asking, why? |
| 0:19.7 | And could this have been prevented? |
| 0:21.5 | And if so, how? |
| 0:23.0 | We know overnight in Indianapolis, a male gunman opened fire both outside and inside |
| 0:28.3 | a federal express facility. |
| 0:29.8 | He killed eight people, injured several others, and then killed himself. |
| 0:34.5 | The FBI says, as of right now, it is too early to speculate on any motive, but three law |
| 0:39.5 | enforcement sources tell CNN that a family member of the suspected shooter had previously, |
| 0:45.4 | previously gone to authorities, warning about the potential for violence. |
| 0:50.1 | We'll have more on that in a moment. |
| 0:52.0 | Today flags across the United States, including at the White House, are back at half staff. |
| 0:57.8 | That again, President Biden continues to promise action in a statement. |
| 1:01.5 | He said, quote, too many Americans are dying every single day from gun violence. |
| 1:05.8 | It stains our character and pierces their very soul of our nation. |
| 1:09.5 | We can and must do more to act and save lives, unquote. |
| 1:14.0 | This massacre, this latest one in Indiana, is the 45th mass shooting in the United States |
| 1:21.0 | in just the last month, and we're defining mass shooting as four or more individuals |
| 1:26.8 | shot, not including the shooter. |
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