Vaccine Milestones & the $2 Trillion Definition Debate with Arthur Brooks

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🗓️ 19 April 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Half of all U.S. adults have received at least one dose of a Covid vaccine. Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb discusses this major milestone and considers hurdles in the next phases of the pandemic. Republicans and Democrats continue to clash over interpretations of “infrastructure” as lawmakers debate President Biden’s $2.25T plan to invest in bridges, roads, water supply, electric vehicles, and family care. Contributing writer for The Atlantic and “The Art of Happiness” host Arthur Brooks unpacks the compromise needed from both sides of the aisle to achieve any kind of progress. CNBC’s Phil LeBeau reports on a Tesla crash in Texas and unpacks the regulatory implications of testing “autopilot” cars and self-driving technology. Plus, Beijing has changed its tune when it comes to cryptocurrency; China now considers bitcoin an “investment alternative.”

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0:00.0	This is Squawk Pod. I'm C. NBC producer Katie Kramer today on our podcast.
0:07.0	Milestone, half of American adults have received at least one COVID vaccine dose. so are we there yet?
0:13.5	Dr Scott got leave on the public health outlook.
0:15.8	We're gonna start to see the pandemic roll over
0:18.0	the United States in terms of cases coming down
0:20.0	quite dramatically as we get into May. Show me the money for what a proposed infrastructure bill includes,
0:26.0	Arthur Brooks of the Atlantic.
0:28.0	There's just not an easy way out of this.
0:30.0	We have to find some other way,
0:32.0	A, compromise, B, more creative ways to actually pay for the spending that we do need that we would get through a compromise
0:37.6	And a deadly Tesla crash with nobody at the wheel that's the problem that people have, some people have,
0:44.1	when it comes to driver assist technology.
0:46.6	They do not believe that it should be
0:48.7	tested out with the public.
0:51.5	Those stories plus China progressing on Bitcoin and the public. Those stories plus China progressing on
0:53.9	Bitcoin and the 2021 stock froth plays on.
0:58.6	There are quite a few companies 50, 60, 70 billion that I barely know what they do.
1:03.1	I know Game Stop, there's one near my house,
1:05.0	I can see it and go touch the brick and mortar.
1:07.4	I don't know whether that's good.
1:09.4	It's Monday, April 19th,
1:11.3	Squawk Pod begins right now.
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