With Trump sick, Biden puts the virus front and center

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🗓️ 7 October 2020

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

How Biden’s presidential campaign is pivoting. The most uneven recession. And, why service industry workers are seeing less in tips.

National political reporter Annie Linskey on how Joe Biden’s campaign for president this year is evolving. From revealing coronavirus testing results to mobilizing Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.), the way the Democratic nominee approaches the field is changing.

On Tuesday, President Trump announced on Twitter that he was stopping negotiations on another relief package until after the election. He’s since pivoted again. But economics correspondent Heather Long tells us, in the meantime times are tough for many Americans -- and this is the most uneven recession in recent U.S. history.

Tips, commissions and bonuses are down across the country, and service industry workers are feeling the loss. As they told retail reporter Abha Bhattarai, while lawmakers are struggling to come up with packages to help the unemployed and others in need, they feel like a last priority.

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0:19.0	It's Wednesday, October 7th.
0:22.0	Today, how Biden's campaign is taking a new track.
0:27.0	The most uneven recession in recent history.
0:30.0	And why tips are disappearing.
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