One-on-one with California governor Gavin Newsom; First kids vaccinated in Moderna’s pediatric vaccine trial; Biden visits PA business to kick off “Help is Here Tour”; Biden faces bipartisan pressure to act quickly on border; More than a dozen countries pause AstraZeneca vaccine rollout; Texas among 43 states with bills to restrict voting;
The Lead with Jake Tapper
CNN
3.5 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2021
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
LA County reopens indoor dining, gyms, movie theaters; Miami Beach mayor: “Now we’re politicizing a vaccine… it’s crazy”; Number of U.S. adults who have had Covid may be double the official case count, study finds; California Gov launches campaign to stop recall efforts against him; Recall organizers cite Newsom’s handling of pandemic, dining with a group as he told Californians to stay home; California uncovers $30 billion in suspected unemployment fraud; Newsom has not gotten vaccine, says he wants to wait his turn; 4,000 unaccompanied migrant children in border patrol custody; Biden touring U.S. to promote relief deal, but not visiting border; Newsom says he would nominate a black woman to fill Sen. Feinstein’s seat if she were to resign; Cuomo refuses to resign despite multiple calls from Democrats; Biden: No plans to visit the southern border right now; New Intel report: Russia tried to hurt Biden’s chances in 2020 election, undermine confidence in election process; As FDA considers AstraZeneca vaccine, list of countries pausing its rollout is growing; Study: Risk of death from U.K. variant 55% higher than other strains; CNN’s Don Lemon on racism in American culture & his new book;
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the lead M. Jake Tapper and we begin today with the health lead moments ago. |
| 0:06.1 | President Biden made his first of several stops on what the White House is building |
| 0:10.0 | as its hope is here, tour, a cross-country show of forest to try to build up public support |
| 0:15.4 | after the passage of the massive COVID relief deal. |
| 0:18.9 | There are new promising signs in the fight against coronavirus today. |
| 0:23.0 | Moderna just announced that it has vaccinated the first children in its pediatric vaccine |
| 0:27.6 | trial, which will study just how safe and effective the COVID vaccine is for children |
| 0:31.8 | as young as six months old. |
| 0:33.9 | And there are new signs of life returning to somewhat normal. |
| 0:37.6 | For the first time in nine months, restaurants can resume indoor dining in some parts of |
| 0:41.7 | California and museums, zoos, and even sports stadiums can reopen for limited in-person |
| 0:48.0 | crowds over the next few weeks. |
| 0:50.1 | In just moments, California Governor Gavin Newsom is going to join me live to talk about |
| 0:54.5 | his state's reopening efforts and the recall effort against him in part over his handling |
| 0:59.0 | of the virus. |
| 1:00.0 | But we're going to start today with CNN's Nick Watt in Los Angeles and a closer look |
| 1:03.6 | at the push to roll back restrictions. |
| 1:07.2 | Bars and gyms will close effective midnight tonight. |
| 1:13.4 | One year ago today, California's Bay Area announced the first stay home order in the |
| 1:18.9 | weekend. |
| 1:19.9 | And this week, a new door in the Golden State. |
| 1:25.6 | Angelino's in limited numbers can now eat inside restaurants again. |
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