Infectious Disease Expert: U.S. is turning the corner on Covid; Rep. Elise Stefanik pledges GOP party unity, while casting doubt on election integrity; Caitlyn Jenner Praises Trump, Bashes Biden as she ramps up run for CA Governor; Secy Blinken: U.S. will respond if Russia acts recklessly or aggressively against Ukraine
The Lead with Jake Tapper
CNN
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🗓️ 6 May 2021
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Infectious Disease Expert: U.S. is turning the corner on Covid; U.S. Cases, Hospitalizations, Deaths Hit Lowest In Months; Moderna Head: Vaccine Boosters Likely Needed Every 9-12 Months; Broadway Tickets on sale again, cruises running trial voyages; Poll: Number of Republicans who have gotten, or will get vaccinated up 9% in recent months; Moderna Vaccine shows 96% efficacy in teens in early data; Trump Loyalty Over Policy; Doctors Fear Being Attacked; Rep. Elise Stefanik pledges GOP party unity, while casting doubt on election integrity; Conservative groups questions Stefanik’s voting record; Conservative Club for Growth Calls Stefanik a liberal; Caitlyn Jenner Praises Trump, Bashes Biden as she ramps up run for CA Governor; Newsom critics get enough signatures to force a recall election; Jenner embraces Trump in first interview since announcing run for Governor Caitlyn Jenner says Trump did “Good Things” for LGBTQ Community, Does not give examples; Former Commander on Biden’s decision; Secy Blinken: U.S. will respond if Russia acts recklessly or aggressively against Ukraine; Ukraine Boat Patrollers call Russian Navy drills increasingly aggressive; Biden Admin begins to pull U.S. troops from Afghanistan; Gen. Petraeus: U.S. may regret pulling troops from Afghanistan; Gen. Petraeus urges Biden Admin to issue more U.S. Visas for Afghan and Iraqi translators; Doctors attacked as covid patients die; India breaks daily records on cases and deaths; Medical staff in India ordered to run from ICU fearing attacks from grieving family members; Medics in India bear brunt of anger over mishandled pandemic; India’s PM Modi pushing ahead with $1.8B Parliament renovation and new house while pandemic rages; What the voters are saying ;Burn out; Wyoming voters react to Liz Cheney’s stand against Trump
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| 0:00.0 | Just please, everyone, keep getting vaccinated so we can all pack the stands and |
| 0:06.2 | boo for the after, boo against the ass grows. The lead starts right now. COVID |
| 0:11.2 | cases in the U.S. at a seven-month low, but the number of shots and arms per day |
| 0:15.7 | continues to slow down. Can the U.S. continue to turn that corner if COVID vaccine |
| 0:20.5 | resistance continues? From the Terminator to the Trumpinator, Caitlin Jenner making |
| 0:24.9 | your case to win California's next recall election by praising the ex-prison and |
| 0:30.2 | plus agony and anger doctors in India forced to hide from relatives of COVID |
| 0:36.3 | victims after a series of beenings. |
| 0:43.0 | Welcome to the lead everyone. I'm Jake Tapper and we start today with our |
| 0:46.5 | health lead. The United States is turning a corner in the battle against |
| 0:51.3 | coronavirus. That's the declaration from a leading infectious disease expert |
| 0:56.1 | today. They usually quite cautious epidemiologist Michael Osterholm telling |
| 1:01.1 | CNN this afternoon while the remains work to do to prevent localized COVID |
| 1:05.3 | outbreaks, the U.S. he says should be celebrating the progress made so far with |
| 1:10.5 | vaccinations. Now, one of the reasons for his optimism record lows in the |
| 1:15.3 | United States and the average of new daily cases, the lowest level since |
| 1:19.3 | October, COVID hospitalizations, a low we haven't seen consistently since last |
| 1:25.0 | fall, and daily deaths from the virus still tragically high, 776 deaths |
| 1:31.4 | yesterday, but deaths have fallen to the lowest average since July of 2020 for |
| 1:36.9 | context. There was a day just in January where we lost more than five times |
| 1:42.2 | that number of Americans to the virus in one day, more than 4,000 in one day. |
| 1:47.3 | Today, we're also learning more about possible COVID COVID vaccine boosters with |
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