Meet Joe Bill
What A Day
What A Day
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🗓️ 15 January 2021
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Biden unveiled his proposal for a $1.9 trillion COVID rescue package yesterday, which includes $1,400 stimulus checks, an increase in federal unemployment benefits, plus $160 billion for a national vaccine program.
New York attorney general is suing Mayor Bill De Blasio and the NYPD for excessive force against protestors this summer. This marks the first time in history that the state AG has sued the NYPD.
And in headlines: US Capitol Police are being investigated for failing to keep a pro-Trump mob from storming Congress, Jared and Ivanka can’t share their toilets, and Disneyland suspends its annual pass program.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Friday, January 15th. I'm a Heila Hughes. |
| 0:09.4 | And I'm Gideon Resick and this is what a day coming to you on the last follow Friday of the Donald Trump presidency. |
| 0:15.0 | Yeah, I'd like to follow the moving truck that is getting him out of town just to make sure they don't come back. |
| 0:21.0 | At two men in a truck, we love your work. Keep it up. Drive speedily but safely. |
| 0:28.2 | Yes. |
| 0:34.7 | Quick announcement before we get started, we're going to be off on Monday for Martin Luther King Day. |
| 0:38.2 | And Crooked Media is going to be celebrating his memory by participating in the presidential and |
| 0:42.8 | inaugural committee's National Day of Service. So join us and find COVID safe volunteer |
| 0:47.3 | opportunities at VOTEVAMERICA.com slash volunteer and we'll be back in your feeds next Tuesday. |
| 0:52.9 | Yes, and moving now to today's show, we'll talk about Biden's plans for the economy and COVID |
| 0:57.7 | plus a new effort for police accountability in New York than some headlines. |
| 1:01.9 | But first the latest. There is real pain overwhelming the real economy. |
| 1:10.6 | One where people rely on paychecks, not their investments, to pay for their bills and their meals |
| 1:18.4 | and their children's needs. You won't see this pain if you score if your scorecard is how things |
| 1:25.7 | are going on Wall Street. But you will see it fairly clearly if you examine what the twin crises |
| 1:32.8 | of a pandemic and this sinking economy have laid bare. That was soon to be president Joe Biden |
| 1:40.1 | unveiling his proposal for a sweeping COVID rescue package yesterday in Delaware. Biden is |
| 1:45.2 | taking over a very difficult situation as he takes office next week on the economic front, |
| 1:49.8 | on the health front and not to mention the democracy front. I can't be overstated. We are in |
| 1:55.0 | some crises. But last night he spoke about his economic plans and later today we're expected to |
| 2:00.8 | hear from him on vaccines. Before we get into the details of the economic proposal, let's just |
| 2:05.1 | start with where things stand with the economy. Yeah, they don't stand in a great place. We got |
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