The News Roundup For April 29, 2022
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🗓️ 29 April 2022
⏱️ 88 minutes
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Summary
The top infectious disease expert in the U.S., Dr. Anthony Fauci, was forced to clarify remarks he made earlier in the week about the pandemic. On Tuesday, Fauci told the PBS NewsHour "we are out of the pandemic phase". On Wednesday, he told 1A he misspoke and that "the pandemic is not over."
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called war in Ukraine both "evil" and "unacceptable" after seeing for himself the damage done by Russia on the outskirts of Kviv.
Also this week, Russia Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov warned the West not to underestimate the possibility of a nuclear confrontation.
And President Biden requested another $33 billion in emergency aid for Ukraine during a speech on Thursday.
We cover all this and more during the News Roundup.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, it's Jen. Just a quick heads up before we start the show. |
| 0:03.8 | The news is rapidly developing and things may have changed by the time you hear this episode. |
| 0:09.0 | For the latest news tune into your public radio station and follow updates at npr.org. |
| 0:22.3 | This is the 1A podcast. I'm Omna Navaz in for Jen White. |
| 0:26.5 | You're listening to the 1A podcast. Let's jump into the news roundup. |
| 0:32.7 | Many parents of young children have been waiting for more than two years to get a COVID vaccine. |
| 0:37.9 | Now they're a step closer once again, but could it be another false alarm? |
| 0:42.4 | Meanwhile leaked audio from Kevin McCarthy and leaked texts from Mark Meadows |
| 0:47.1 | are causing a stir around the investigation into January 6th. |
| 0:50.8 | And President Biden says he's taking a hard look at student loan debt, |
| 0:55.2 | but drawing the line at 50 grand. All that and more on the roundup this week. |
| 0:59.4 | So let's jump in. Cheryl Gay Stolberg is a Washington correspondent for the New York Times. |
| 1:04.3 | Cheryl always a pleasure. Heidi Prisbelle is a Washington correspondent formerly of NBC News. |
| 1:09.4 | Heidi, thanks for joining us. And Jeff Mason is Reuters White House correspondent. |
| 1:13.9 | Jeff, welcome to you. |
| 1:15.6 | Well, new research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows almost 60% of Americans |
| 1:21.5 | have now had COVID, including 75% of children. This news comes as the US approaches 1 million COVID |
| 1:29.1 | deaths. Jeff, first of all, wow. Secondly, why does it matter that so many people have been infected? |
| 1:36.1 | Wow is right. Well, first on the upcoming, I don't even know what to call it. It's not an |
| 1:42.0 | anniversary, but the the upcoming day when we hit a million cases or a million deaths rather in |
| 1:48.6 | the United States. I think that that will be a reflection point for this administration and for |
| 1:55.5 | the country about the last couple of years, but it certainly comes at a time and this gets back |
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