Interview with Biden medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci; Interview with Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves; Interview with House Democratic Whip Rep. James Clyburn

State of the Union

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🗓️ 19 September 2021

⏱️ 47 minutes

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First, Jake asks top Biden medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci about an FDA panel’s decision to recommend limiting booster shots to high-risk groups and people over the age of 65. Next, Jake presses Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves on what he’s doing to reverse his state’s worst-in-the-nation Covid death rate. Finally, Jake talks to House Democratic Whip Rep. James Clyburn about his party’s efforts to pass both the bipartisan infrastructure bill and the reconciliation package by the end of the 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	Boosters for some third shots are on track for select Americans leaving others to wonder
0:10.6	what about me was the Biden administration wrong about boosters president Biden's top
0:15.0	medical advisor doctor Anthony Fauci is here and state of emergency as millions of Americans
0:20.7	still resist even their first shot the president is calling out governors such as Tate Reeves
0:25.5	of Mississippi who oppose federal mandates I propose requirement for covid vaccines and the
0:31.3	governor of that state calls it quote a tyrannical type move we'll talk to governor Reeves who state
0:37.0	now has the highest covid death rate in the country that's next plus moment of truth
0:42.4	democrats major policy priorities on the line this week as a divide in the party throws the
0:47.4	president's agenda into question we all not be talking about these numbers let's talk about
0:51.7	what needs to be done but can democratic leaders get it done I'll speak to the house majority
0:56.6	whip Jim Clyburn ahead hello I'm Jake Tapper where the state of our union is trying to figure out
1:09.5	if we're going to need to get boosters or not as president Biden tries to refocus on his
1:14.1	legislative agenda pushing toward a massive 3.5 trillion dollar spending bill that could define
1:19.2	his presidency the Biden administration is coming off yet another difficult week tomorrow
1:24.3	September 20th marks the week the Biden administration had planned to begin giving covid booster shots
1:31.0	to the general public instead an advisory panel to the FDA voted no on friday no on recommending
1:38.7	booster shots to everyone after six months recommending instead boosters only for those 65 and
1:44.9	older and those at high risk of severe disease and oh they're only furthering confusion for so
1:50.4	many americans as the pandemic hits another horrifying milestone this week one in five hundred
1:56.4	americans have died from the virus more than 673,000 people represented here on the national
2:03.7	mall with flags for each death this debate over boosters comes as the Biden administration is on
2:10.0	its heels with a number of crises of its own doing facing a devastating acknowledgement from
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