The Lead with Jake Tapper

President Trump is on his way to a campaign rally on the heels of some bad economic news. Today, the Federal Reserve ignored Trump’s demands and raised interest rates for the first time in years. Plus, mounting pressure on singer Ed Sheeran after he kicked one performer off his tour and the other opening acts quit in solidarity.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump called into a Kennedy Center board meeting and yelled about his name not appearing on the side of the building. Plus, Attorney General Todd Blanche said the Justice Department will comply with the Supreme Court’s ruling to block President Trump’s effort to restrict mail-in voting.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump dismissed all the artificial intelligence doomsday warnings even though many of the warnings are coming from folks inside the AI industry themselves.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

25 years after the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001, a nation remembers. Plus, the Supreme Court is reconsidering President Trump’s order to restrict voting by mail.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

$5,000 for every adult who is an American citizen if Republicans keep the House and the Senate is President Trump’s latest promise. Plus, one day after apocalyptic warnings about artificial intelligence, a new word from Anthropic.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Stark warnings from experts at AI companies about how the technology might kill us all. Plus, as the Republican midterm convention begins, oil prices top $100 a barrel, diesel hits a record, and regular gas had its biggest jump in months.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

56 days out from the midterm elections, what will the courts decide? Trump wants to dictate the voting process but it’s not just voting by mail at issue. Plus, President Trump has a new spin on his claims about 9/11.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

At least five people are dead after an Amazon cargo aircraft overran the runway during a landing at Miami International Airport on Sunday afternoon, striking multiple vehicles and sending a thick black plume of smoke into the air as it caught fire. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Another dramatic day in court ends with a mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial. So, will the Massachusetts woman face another trial over allegations of killing her three children?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The judge has ordered the jury in the Lindsay Clancy trial back to court tomorrow for a seventh day of deliberations. At one point, Clancy’s defense abruptly pushed back revealing it is a single juror who is keeping the jury from a unanimous decision.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

After five days there is still no verdict in the Lindsay Clancy trial as the judge pushes the jury for a unanimous decision. Plus, 62 days before the midterms and some campaign ads feature a Republican not on the ballot, Donald Trump.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A whistleblower has quite the warning about mail-in voting.  Plus, a brand new round of strikes in Iran. Also, the jury is deadlocked in the trial of Lindsay Clancy.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The rush is on to find hundreds of missing people believed to be trapped in tunnels after Nepal’s catastrophic flooding last week. Plus, flash flooding at the Grand Canyon killed two people with a dozen others still missing.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Town after town buried in thick mud in Nepal and the formation of a second lake is raising fears of more flooding. Plus, President Trump with a new proposition for US ranchers. Can he win back farmers who criticized his plan to import foreign beef?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump claims Canada is ripping off the United States. So, on top of the tariffs Trump is formally changing the name of Lake Ontario. Plus, CNN is in Nepal where crews are searching for those missing after catastrophic flooding.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A massive wall of water swept through valleys and towns along the Nepal and China border with deadly consequences. An urgent search is now underway for those killed, injured, or still missing after the torrent of flash floods and mudslides tore through the region.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Legendary country music artist and philanthropist, Dolly Parton, died today at the age of 80. CNN looks back on her life and legacy.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The US Supreme Court just granted President Trump’s request for permission to implement his executive order overhauling and restricting mail-in ballot systems. However, additional legal challenges could stand in the way of this plan before the November midterm elections.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump reacts to the ruling from the Supreme Court that the White House ballroom construction can go on, for now at least. So, how is President Trump getting so many expensive projects approved so fast?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What President Trump told his former fixer, Michael Cohen, on his radio show today. Cohen joins to discuss. Plus, a look at why so many women are rallying around Lindsay Clancy, a Massachusetts mom on trial for killing her three young kids.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

On the heels of consequential primary race results, some of the big winners join the program. Plus, President Trump says that North Korea has 57 powerful nuclear weapons. Also, an experimental vaccine shows promising results for patients with melanoma.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

172 days in and still no clear path out of the war with Iran. Plus, Minnesota Democratic Attorney General Keith Ellison joins to discuss why he’s suing Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump’s deadline to make a deal with Iran has come and gone. All he has to show for it is $4 gas, a tax on the Strait of Hormuz, and US troops on record setting deployment. Plus, President Trump says he recently communicated with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un as the president announces he is scaling back military exercises with close ally South Korea.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

When a Russian-born American citizen named Ilya Beloozerov is gunned down by the FBI in 2024, the authorities refuse to say why they’d killed him. CNN’s Isabelle Chapman embarks on a sprawling investigation that takes her from the Mississippi parking lot where he died to Washington, D.C. to unravel the mystery: Why did Ilya abruptly leave his family and his job and head for the border with laptops and cash? Why is there still no official explanation of his death? And maybe most importantly: Was Ilya a spy?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Luigi Mangione plead guilty to stalking charges in federal court and admitted to shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Plus, new comments from Trump about the impact of the Iran war on your wallet.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A growing call for answers and remedies for the toll of the Iran war on United States service members. Multiple reports detail worsening mental health and living conditions for the sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A huge win for the Democratic establishment in Wisconsin as they defeat a democratic socialist candidate in the governor’s race by just a few thousand votes. Plus, the Trump administration is planning to spend up to $20 million on electrical shock gloves for ICE agents. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Voters in six states pick their candidates tonight in races that could help determine the future of the Democratic Party. CNN brings you all the latest from South Carolina, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Connecticut, Vermont and Alabama. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump announced major changes to childhood vaccination, including how many immunizations are recommended for a child’s earliest years. Plus, the desperate search for survivors after a devastating earthquake struck the nation of Colombia.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs Gen. Dan Caine has privately made clear to other top Trump advisers that the US needs to find an off-ramp from the war with Iran, according to sources. Plus, Todd Blanche could be confirmed for the next attorney general after securing enough Republican support for a Senate confirmation.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Breaking with norms and straight down party lines, Republicans in the Senate vote to hold Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt. Plus, foodborne outbreaks spread across the United States.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Michigan’s race for United States Senate is now set. Progressive Abdul El-Sayed wins the democratic primary and will now face off against former seven term congressman Mike Rogers.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pressure is mounting for Ohio Republican congressman and former White House aide Max Miller to end his congressional reelection bid amid allegations of physical and emotional abuse from his ex-wife.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A look at what’s really in the deal that has two Republican Senate hold outs ready to sign off on Todd Blanche as attorney general. Plus, is President Trump about to fire Jeanine Pirro as the U.S. attorney for Washington DC?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The overwhelming surge then reversal at Spains border after tens of thousands of migrants from Morocco crossed into a small Spanish territory then went back. Plus, the Justice Department moved to drop the criminal charges against the former Olympian who was accused of vandalizing the Reflecting Pool on the National Mall.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

U.S. will open Canadian, Mexican borders to vaccinated travelers; TSA: Passengers bringing guns to airports at unprecedented levels; UNC chancellor declares “mental health crisis” on campus; Shatner, Blue Origin crew complete historic space trip To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

DHS whistleblower: Trump appointees ordered me to manipulate intelligence on Russian interference & white supremacy to help Trump; Deadline nears for Trump allies to respond to subpoenas on Jan. 6; Jan. 6 cmte. member: panel ready for civil action if Trump allies do not respond to subpoenas; Trump admits he pressured Georgia governor to overturn 2020 election; GOP Rep. Cheney: republican silence on Trump and conspiracies are a “toxin” to American democracy; Biden admits two key priorities might not pass by end of the week; Pelosi: “never” bring bill to the floor without the votes; Clock ticks as U.S. on verge of default, Biden agenda at stake; Tonight: republicans poised to vote against raising debt ceiling; Pelosi delays infrastructure vote to Thursday; Pfizer: will ask FDA to authorize vaccine for kids 5-11 in “days”; CDC director: “mandates do get more people vaccinated”; 5K NYC hospital workers unvaccinated as today’s mandate deadline looms; President Biden gets COVID vaccine booster shot; Police: FBI targeting search for Gabby Petto’s fiancé in a Florida reserve based on intelligence; Family attorney: police ask for personal items of Gabby Petito’s fiancé to assist in DNA matching; Man who shot Reagan in 1981 granted “unconditional release”; Both sides playing on fears as Virginia Governor’s race goes negative; Dems look to VA governor’s race for early signs of trouble in 2022; Biden Agenda, Trump’s election lies looms over Virginia gov race; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fauci: Case rate needs to be 15 times lower than current rate to suppress virus; L.A. County to vote on vaccine requirement for eligible students; WH to require all federal workers be vaccinated, no testing option; Microsoft & AMEX postpone U.S. return to work plans; Army vet helps evacuate Americans out of Kabul; Source: More flights expected once Kabul airport is operational; Forensic examiner: Some victims’ corpses piled up for months; United Kingdom lawmaker: CNN findings bear “All the hallmarks of ethnic cleansing and genocide; Campaign by Ethiopia and allied forces bears hallmarks of genocide as defined by the U.N.; TX Gov responds to DOJ lawsuit: “Confident that the courts will uphold and protect that right to life”; Whistleblower: Migrant children at HHS facility burned with scalding water and lacked clean underwear; Third whistleblower alleges migrant children mistreated at Fort Bliss facility, HHS watchdog launches review To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

U.S. Defense official: “very specific threat stream” on ISIS-K attacks planned against crowds outside Kabul airport; U.S. concerned about possible ISIS-K attacks on Kabul airport crowds; Pentagon: 19,000 evacuated from Afghanistan in the past day; Pelosi & other lawmakers criticize unauthorized Afghanistan trip by two members of Congress; Blinken: U.S. in contact with 500 Americans who want to get out of Afghanistan, may be 1k+ more; Delta Airlines to charge unvaccinated employees $200 a month; Democratic support for CA Gov. Newsom is dwindling To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Covid hospitalizations near 80k, most since winter surge; Unvaccinated covid patient: “Get the vaccine”; (0% or more ICU beds full five states: AL, TX, GA, FL, MS; FEMA: More than $1B given to families of covid victims for funerals; CNN gains access to Taliban at old U.S. military base it seized; Taliban commander tells CNN: We believe one day we’ll have Islamic law “All over the world… we are not in a hurry”; Afghanistan fast unraveling jolts Biden & national security team; Moderate Dems threaten to derail Pelosi strategy for $3,5T budget; DHS: Unprecedented number of migrants illegally crossing border; 212K attempted border crossings in July, a two-decade high; Whistleblowers alleged poor conditions at facilities for migrant children; Secy. Mayorkas: We ended the prior administrations “policies of cruelty”; Audio: Secretary Mayorkas says situation on border “Unsustainable”; Secy. Mayorkas: “We are not going to lose” situation on border; DHS intel chief: online calls for violence similar to pre-insurrection; CNN finds small percentage of Florida parents opting out of masks for their kids at school; NOAA: July was the hottest month on record To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WH: Daily vaccinations at highest level in more than a month; WH praises businesses with vaccination requirements; Fauci warns of future covid-19 variant worse than Delta; Covid cases, hospitalizations spike across all age groups; FL Gov DeSantis calls Biden a “Tyrant” for pushing mandates; Biden’s approval rating on covid falls as cases, hospitalizations spike; WH may mandate vaccinations for all foreign visitors to the U.S.; Biden asked about criticism by Florida Gov, says “Governor who?”; U.S. intelligence digging through trove of data from Wuhan lab in covid origins investigation; U.S. intel agencies searching through genetic data gathered from Wuhan lab at center of covid probe; Trump loyalist at DOJ wanted dept to intervene in election; CNN: DOJ official drafted resignation letter over Trump’s big lie; Half of all new covid cases & hospitalizations in seven states: FL, TX, MO, AR, LA, AL, MS; Vaccinations in Alabama hit fastest pace since April; Alabama ties Arkansas for lowest vaccination rate in U.S.; More vaccinations in Alabama ahead of the return to school & work; CA congressman gets emotional after fire destroys town; California’s Dixie fire explodes overnight, burns land about the size of DC in 12 hours; American prisoner in Russia mysteriously disappears; family state department, don’t know whereabouts; Spirit airlines cancels hundred of flights for fifth straight day; Spirit airlines cancels almost half its flights today; Biden orders half of all U.S. cars to be electric by 2030 To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Handwritten notes show Trump told DOJ last December: “Just say that the election was corrupt + leave the rest to me” ; CNN: Trump pressed DOJ in December to say election was corrupt;  Former Justice Dept. Officials may testify in house probe of Trump’s efforts to overturn election results.; First group of Afghans who helped American troops arrive in U.S. ;Around 200 Afghan translators & their families now safe on U.S. soil amid rise in Taliban threats; Afghans who helped the U.S. say the Taliban will kill them if they are not evacuated out of the country;  Thousands of Afghans who helped U.S. troops are still waiting to be evacuated as the Taliban gain power; Millions at risk of losing homes; Dems still unable to reach deal to extend ban on evictions;  Dem group urges two-pronged approach to voting rights; Voting rights bill faces tough battle in senate; U.S. swimmer calls out Russians over doping allegations; Simone Biles shares videos explaining the “Twisties,” raising new doubts about return To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Biden administration will mandate vaccines for all V.A. heath care workers; Trump ally Tom Barrack ordered to wear GPS tracking bracelet, travel restricted, can’t transfer funds overseas; Hose committee prepares for first capitol riot hearing; One-on-one with Jan 6 committee member Rep. Schiff; Feud intensifies between McCarthy, Pelosi ahead of Jan 6 hearing; China warns U.S. to “stop playing with fire”; U.S. general warns of more airstrikes targeting the Taliban; Record civilian casualties in Afghanistan as U.S. withdraws; Typhoon looms off Japan, suffers totally cool with it; CNN gets rare access to U.S. surfing team as it makes history; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Pop star Olivia Rodrigo visits White House to urge young people to get vaccinated; Tennessee fires vaccine manager after she says it’s ok to vaccinate children; Report: Michigan GOP leader resigns after saying election not stolen; Jan. 6 select committee eyes July 27 for first hearing; Biden admin launches plan to evacuate Afghan allies; Federal Reserve chair: prices will keep rising before cooling off   To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New CDC schools guidance prioritizes in-person classes, masks and physical distancing; States closing more mass vaccination sites, focus shifts to virus hot spots; Ex-Surgeon General: Lack of coordination between Pfizer & Biden Admin on booster shot is “troubling”; Two studies show low risk of severe illness or deaths for children; WH: Biden, Putin spoke for an hour on hacks by Russian criminals; Biden on Russia cyberattacks: There will be consequences; Biden on Putin Call: We’ve created a “Regular basis” of communication; Biden says “Yes” them smiles when asked if attacking Russian hackers’ servers directly is a possibility; Moments ago: Capitol fencing started coming down; Officials: Capitol Police Force running out of money, officers; Police: Foreign hit squad assassinated Haiti’s President; WH: FBI, DHS officials to travel to Haiti, Assist investigation; Manhunt underway for final 8 assassins;  Power struggle in Haiti could fuel humanitarian catastrophe; Police: Suspected assassins from Colombia entered Haiti through the Dominican Republic over the past few months; 78 people confirmed dead in Surfside, 62 unaccounted for; CNN goes underground with team inspecting neighboring building; 13 million pounds of concrete removed during search; Residents get 15 minutes to grab essentials from evacuated building, some living in cars; “Binx” the cat found near rubble, reunited with family; Officials say evacuated North Miami Beach condos must stay closed; Americans struggle to afford rising cost of child care; Study: Child care costs nearly double during pandemic; “History of the Sitcom” premieres Sunday at 9p To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

24 States report cases up 10% or more in one week as Delta variant spreads; Missouri hospital system: ventilator supply low at one facility, patients transferred to other locations; Map of states with lower vaccination rates closely aligns with 2020 election map; Biden: Relocation flights for Afghans who helped U.S. forces will begin this month; Biden: We did not go to Afghanistan to nation-build; Biden says U.S. achieved its objectives in Afghanistan, says U.S. support for Afghan people "will endure"; Biden: Taliban takeover of Afghanistan "is not inevitable"; Officials: U.S. withdrawal is more than 90% complete; 60 people confirmed dead in Surfside, 80 unaccounted for; All victims unaccounted for now presumed dead in Surfside; Biden meets with civil rights leaders over election reform; Psaki: Biden intends to give major voting rights speech; Texas GOP pushes to empower partisan poll watchers, add new ID requirements and ban drive-through, 24-hour voting; Federal investigation into native American children's remains found at boarding schools; TSA found more than 70 guns at checkpoint over July 4 weekend To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Biden frustrated after questions on U.S. exit from Afghanistan; Source: Biden stands by his "gut decision" despite terror concerns; Pentagon: U.S. troop withdrawal will be done by end of August; Defense officials; U.S. retains authority to strike Taliban; U.S. hands airbase to Afghan military as civil war fears grow; Firefighter's own team finds body of his daughter at collapse site; Officials consider demolishing what's left of building; CNN obtains 2020 letter highlighting severe concrete damage; House GOP Leader McCarthy yet to say who he'll put on Jan. 6 Cmte.; GOP Lawmaker: January 6 committee will be "no gift," and a "pretty nasty, partisan fight"; White House denies reports of dysfunction in VP Harris office; States with low vaccination regretting decision as variant spreads; States with low vaccination leaving door open for Delta spread; TSA reports busiest days at airports in 16 months; AAA expects 43 million on the road this weekend; National parks become tourist magnet as covid restrictions lift; Natl parks forced to limit crowds as visitors flood public lands; Utah town swamped by visitors & vacation home buyers; WH: Transportation dept may direct airlines to return some fees to passengers To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WAPO: Majority of Surfside condo board quit in 2019 over frustrations about repair plans; Lawsuit accuses inspector of failing to keep occupants safe; Rescue work halted over fears rest of tower could fall; Mayor: Search operation to resume as soon as it is safe; Prosecutors: Trump Org CFO evaded taxes on $1.7M; Trump Org & CFO Weisselberg plead not guilty to charges; Trump on Org indictment: It's a "witch hunt"; Biden: Families of condo residents are "going through hell"; Biden: Families of condo victims have hope but are "realistic"; Biden: I'm impressed by the strength of the condo families; Biden: We "cut through the bureaucracy" to help condo families; Sources: GOP Leader McCarthy threatened republicans over Select Cmt. to investigate January 6 insurrection; GOP's McCarthy: "Shocked" Cheney accepted Pelosi's offer to serve on Jan. 6 committee; GOP Rep. Chip Roy joins Trump at border after calling his actions on January 6 "Impeachable" Texas GOP Rep. Chip Roy: Biden admin has failed to secure U.S. border and put Americans in danger; DHS: 1M+ migrants arrested at border since October 2020, surpassing entire 2019 tally To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Biden Calls Infrastructure Deal A “True Bipartisan Effort”; Biden: No Guarantee Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Will Pass; Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal Totals $1.2T Spending over 8 Years; Biden says bipartisan infrastructure deal will move through congress “in tandem” with Dems-only reconciliation bill;  Progressive Dem slams bipartisan deal as “Paltry, Pathetic” ; 1 Dead, nearly 100 people unaccounted for in condo collapse; FL Governor on surfside collapse: We’re bracing for some bad news; Witness from condo collapse: “Everybody was screaming & panicking”; Biden: “Those who helped us are not going to be left behind”; Officials: U.S. to evacuate Afghans who helped U.S. Military in Afghanistan while they wait for visas; Covid outbreak at U.S. embassy in Afghanistan stalls visa approvals;  Bipartisan group delivers afghan evacuation plan to Biden; Soon: Biden to speak on urgency of covid vaccinations; Delta variant tearing through U.S., raising fears for unvaccinated; News conference on Florida condo collapse; Mayor: At least 99 unaccounted for after condo collapse;   To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Justice Dept releases new insurrection videos showing rioter taunting, punching police officer; House votes to repeal 2002 authorization for military force; Unclear whether U.S. will hit Biden’s goal to get 70% of adults partially vaccinated by July 4; Bipartisan infrastructure bill gets support from 21 senators; GOP kills Manchin’s bipartisan voting rights proposal; Blunt: Manchin’s “proposal” is now the “Stacey Abrams substitute”; U.S. catholic bishops set up possible rebuke of Biden for taking communion while supporting abortion rights; CDC director urges parents to vaccinate their children as dangerous Delta variant spreads; Former FDA chief warns o potential for long-term brain tissue loss form COVID; Iran polling centers to stay open amid low voter turnout; Iran election expected to deliver ultra-conservative president; Cities debate keeping outdoor dining in parking lanes post-pandemic; DOW drops more than 530 points amid concerns interest rates will rise; Western U.S. hits triple-digit record-high temperatures; 40 million people under heat alerts in the U.S.; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Biden arrives home to Dem party fractures over agenda; Bipartisan infrastructure deal includes $579B in new spending;  WH Official: Outlook “Very Encouraging” on top domestic issues; Biden, Putin summit ends with some diplomatic steps; Supreme Court decision to leave Obamacare intact preserves health care for millions; White House cheers court decision to leave Obamacare intact; Morgan Stanley CEO: If you can go to a NYC restaurant, you can go to work; Officials warn unvaccinated Americans of more contagious variant; WH: Too many low-vaccinated communities remain at risk; Fauci on Delta variant: “Not concerned” about fully vaccinated people; Stacey Abrams to CNN: I support Manchin proposal; Manchin: Make Election Day a holiday, mandatory 15 early voting days; McConnell: GOP won’t support Manchin proposal; Texas Gov says he’ll build wall with state money, crowdsourcing To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Biden hopes for NATO springboard ahead of Putin summit; Biden reassures NATO allies: “the United States is there”; Biden: “rock solid, unshakeable commitment” to NATO article that an attack on one ally is an attack on all; Sources: Biden preparing intensely for Putin’s tactics; Biden: will “make clear” to Putin that “we can cooperate if he chooses” on mutual interests, or “we will respond in kind”; Biden: must “guard against… phony populism”; Biden on whether he still believes Putin is a killer: Putin has in the past “essentially acknowledged” what he’s done; Biden: U.S. relationship with Russia “at a low point”; Biden: had “detailed discussions… on a number of issues” with Turkish president Erdogan; Biden: Trump wing comprises “bulk” of republican party, but only “a minority of the American people” as a whole; Right now: AG Garland meets with top media execs targeted in leak investigation; FBI report: Qanon followers may turn violent, target democrats & other perceived enemies; Biden: If Alexey Navalny dies in prison, would be “another indication that Russia has no intention of abiding by basic human rights”; Putin says he’d be open to a prisoner swap ahead of Biden meeting; Putin refuses to say Kremlin critic Alexey Navalny’s name; Russian mercenaries accused of atrocities, including murdering children, in the central African republic; Group of house republicans seek to censure Rep. Omar and “squad” over controversial comments; Pelosi dismisses Rep. Omar’s controversial comments: “She clarified. End of subject”; Dem congressman to introduce resolution to censure GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene; California set to fully reopen tomorrow; Former FDA chief warns India COVID variant could spark new outbreaks in low-vaccinated areas; Spreading Delta variant forces UK to delay reopening; Most blue states will make Biden’s vaccine goal; Red woes won’t; Education secretary: racial disparities in schools reopening; Disneyland expected to end mask requirement for fully vaccinated guests tomorrow; U.S. assessing reported leak at Chinese nuclear power facility; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Biden: U.S. will buy, donate 500m doses Pfizer vaccine; Biden prepares for crucial face-to-face with Putin; Biden meets with key allies before crucial Putin summit; U.S. hopes to agree on ambassadors retuning to Moscow, DC; Moderna asks FDA to authorize its vaccine for children ages 12-17; U.S. over 42% fully vaccinated, almost 52% partially vaccinated; CDC: Most states have administered less than half of the Johnson & Johnson doses received; U.S. over 42% fully vaccinated, almost 52% partially vaccinated; 13 states already met President Biden’s goal to partially vaccinate 70% adults ahead of July 4 deadline; GOP leader McConnell: A bipartisan infrastructure deal would be popular on both sides on the aisle; Biden’s infrastructure plan calls for $100B investment in renewable energy, underground power grid; Iowa farmer on Biden’s green plan: Slow down, don’t shove it down our throat; Iowa republican backs Biden’s plans too expand U.S. power grid options, “I am fully on board”; WV conservative says he worries about too much “green” talk; TX sheriff’s office investigating deputy’s tasing of 16-year-old boy; New body cam video shows deputy tasing migrant boy for over 30 seconds; U.S. sanctions Nicaragua, says Ortega’s regime is driving the country “deeper into tyranny” To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Biden wraps upcall with lead GOP negotiator on infrastructure; Bipartisan senate group working on new infrastructure plan; Democrats confront reality of narrowly split congress; Sen. Capito’s office: Biden’s call with lead GOP negotiator on infrastructure lasted 5 minutes; Dem senator: Time to “move on from bipartisanship”; Growing number of Dems concerned about scrapping filibuster; Trump’s role absent from bipartisan senate Jan 6 report; McConnell refuses to say whether Jan 6 was ab “insurrection”; Senate report reveals sweeping failures of capitol attack, but omits the word “insurrection” & Trump’s role in inciting it; In social media posts, rioters said to “bring guns” & “be mentally prepared to” shoot police; Bipartisan report: Police knew rioters planned for violence; Some republicans dismiss insurrection as “false narrative”; Colonial Pipeline CEO testifies on Capitol Hill, defends paying hackers millions; Sources: U.S. Ambassador to Russia wary of U.S. concessions to Moscow; As lawmakers debate infrastructure, U.S. schools are in desperate need of funding; Biden admin proposes $100B for school construction & repairs; Norwegian Cruise Line to challenge Florida rule with vaccine requirement for passengers; Fauci on Biden’s 70% vaccine goal: July 4th is not the end of it; Israel claims Hamas was developing “Iron Dome” jamming system in news building it destroyed; AP statement on Israel saying Hamas was in its Gaza building: “We have yet to receive evidence to support these claims” To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Biden faces huge tests on infrastructure, allies abroad; Biden, GOP billions of dollars apart on infrastructure; Progressives lose patience with Biden & GOP talks; Manchin tanks Dems’ hopes of passing sweeping election reform bill; Manchin: partisan voting bills will “destroy” our democracy; Manchin vows to block Dems’ election reform, preserve filibuster; Progressives lash out at Manchin for opposing Dem election bill; DOJ: U.S. recovers millions in cryptocurrency paid to hackers in Colonial Pipeline cyberattack; Emails show Trump & Giuliani repeatedly contacted Arizona GOP leader who allowed bogus audit to start; Trump baselessly calls 2020 election “crime of the century”; Cheney: Trump’s election lies are “dangerous and damaging”; Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows pushed justice dept, to investigate baseless election fraud claims; Georgia’s republican governor booed by his own party; GOP lawyer: “state election officials are under attack”; Former RNC counsel blasts republican-led states for new laws targeting local election officials; Violence erupts in Mexico ahead of midterm elections; Nearly 100 people assassinated related to Mexico’s elections; American society of civil engineers: 46K bridges across U.S. in “poor” condition or “structurally deficient”; Memphis trucker says 30 min trip takes 3 hours because of I-40 Memphis bridge crack; Mississippi Gov: “very, very, very” little virus in our state, vaccination rates rank among lowest in nation; TSA: 1.9 million travelers Sunday marks busiest day since start of pandemic; NYC announces “homecoming” concert set for August; Study: risk of infection drops 51% after first dose of Pfizer vaccine, best protection after second dose; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Biden views cyberattacks as a “rising national security concern”; Biden to confront Putin about cyberattacks in upcoming summit;  Biden wraps call with top GOP negotiator; Will talk infrastructure again on Monday; Biden faces critical moment in infrastructure negotiations; Biden uses job report to stress need for infrastructure deal; Biden: Now is the time to “seize on the economic momentum”; Pence says he “may never see eye-to-eye” with Trump about Jan. 6; Pence downplays personal horror from inside the capitol during insurrection; Facebook bans Trump until at least January 2023; NIH Director: Getting vaccinated is a donation of goodwill to vulnerable; Vaccinations fall below 1M per day for first time since Jan. ; New CDC report highlights urgent need to vaccinate teens; NIH Director: States with only 50% of their population with one shot could be “sitting ducks for the next outbreak”; GOP state lawmakers seek to ban teaching critical race theory; GA Board of Education votes to prevent teaching critical race theory   To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WH plans to distribute 80m+ doses globally by end of June; Fauci: “cautiously optimistic” about vaccinating kids under 12 by Thanksgiving; Arizona audit observers find massive security problems; Report: Trump believes he will be reinstated along with former AZ Sen. Martha McSally; Former Adviser: Trump listening to election conspiracies from “The bottom of the bottom of the crazies in the barrel”; Trump still engrossed by big lie on election results; DOJ to start handling ransomware attacks similar to terrorism; WH says Biden will bring up criminal hackers at summit with Putin; Pentagon warns Iran against “provocative act” as warships inch towards the Atlantic Ocean; One of Iran’s largest warships sinks after fire To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Biden declares June “month of action” to meet vaccine goal; CDC: 12 states have met goal to vaccinate 70% of adults with at least one shot by July 4; TX Republicans claim provision which would have harmed “souls to the polls” events was a typo; Ransomware attacks take major U.S. companies, infrastructure offline, holding internal networks hostage until they pay; Trucking industry struggling to hire drivers as demand increases; U.S. Chamber of Commerce urges states to use rescue funding to help with childcare costs   To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Texas Gov pledges to bring back voting bill in special session; Texas democrats block new voting restrictions, for now; Dems say TX voting law unfairly targets people of color; Michael Flynn appears to suggest there should be a Myanmar-Style coup in the United States; Biden’s week shifts from reflection to negotiation; Biden reflects on son beau, an Iraq vet who died of cancer; Biden on Memorial Day: “Democracy itself is in peril”; Buttigieg on negotiations: “We need a clear direction”; NYC Mayoral race heating up between diverse dem candidates; U.S. Surgeon General: We must address loneliness epidemic; How to cope with mental stress of life returning to normal; Naomi Osaka withdraws from French open, citing her mental health; Asian Americans patrolling streets to keep elders safe;   "The Honor Project” remembers fallen veterans; volunteers visit Arlington grave sites for family, friends that can’t travel; Gold star sister memorializes her brother, Travis, who died serving in Iraq in 2007; Go to Travismanion.org to support the foundation ;     To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

CDC: nearly 50% of all U.S. adults are fully vaccinated; CDC: 25 states & DC have fully vaccinated at least 50% of adults; U.S. cases & deaths drop to lowest levels since last summer; NJ to lift most mask & social distancing requirements Friday; CNN: Wuhan lab illnesses raise new questions about COVID origins; CNN: several Wuhan lab scientists hospitalized in November 2019; Fauci “not convinced” COVID-19 developed naturally; Judge rules absentee ballots can be unsealed in Georgia after groups claim possible fraud in 2020 election; Georgia election audit likely to have more guidelines than current ballot review playing out in Arizona; 48 shootings in Chicago over weekend, 10 cases deadly; Police: 14-year-old girl killed at concert in SC; Police: one arrest in shooting at NJ house party; two killed, 12 injured; White House Press Secy: “there is a guns problem” in America; Study: 7,500 people killed in shootings in 2021; Police association: violent crimes including homicide, rape, robbery up in 63 major U.S. cities in 2020; Secy Blinken travels to Middle East today in Biden’s first big intl. peacemaking push; Blinken travels to Jerusalem, Ramallah, Cairo and Amman in post-ceasefire peace effort; Blinken travels to Jerusalem 3 days post-ceasefire; 21 runners die in severe weather during ultra-marathon in China; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Soon: House votes on commission to investigate insurrection; GOP leaders in January: McConnell said Trump “provoked” the Capitol mob, McCarthy said Trump “bears responsibility”; Trump relocates for the summer to New Jersey golf club; Rep. Jayapal calls for ceasefire & U.S. delaying arms sale to Israel; House Dems introduce legislation to block $735k arms sale to Israel; 50+ House Dems urge Schumer & Pelosi to go against GOP, push for larger upfront infrastructure investment; NYC reopens, lifts capacity restrictions on businesses; Police departments cope with officers’ vaccine hesitancy   To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Biden declines to take a question on Israel at Ford event; Israeli Prime Minister says operations will continue “as necessary”; Ninth day of violence between Israel and Hamas; Israeli warplanes pound Gaza as Hamas rocket fire resumes; WH pushes “quiet and intensive diplomacy” amid escalating violence; Sen. Kaine: publicly calling for a ceasefire is what we’d usually do, and we should do it here; McCarthy says he opposes January 6th commission, sides with republicans downplaying election results; Pelosi disappointed but “not surprised” McCarthy opposes January sixth commission; Sherriff: three deputies from Pasquotank county involved in Andrew Brown Jr. will not be fired; Brown’s family attorney deputes prosecutor, says video does not show Brown using car as a weapon; Brown family attorneys: to call shooting “justified” is “an insult and a slap in the face”; States loosen restrictions as coronavirus cases, hospitalizations and deaths decrease; White House task force: we’re “winning the war on the virus” but must “finish the job”; About 60% of Americans 18+ have gotten at least one dose; As COVID cases fall, teens urged to get vaccinated; States push incentives to increase vaccinations; CDC warns about low vaccination rates in rural areas; Fauci: “more comfortable” with people indoors without a mask; Tomorrow: NY won’t require masks for fully vaccinated; Confusion as some places ease mask mandates and COVID restrictions while others don’t; 37% of U.S. population now fully vaccinated; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Biden after new CDC mask guidance: It's a good day for the country; CDC Dir. to Dr. Gupta: Science was clear to loosen mask guidance for fully vaccinated Americans; TSA requiring masks on planes, trains & buses until Sept. 13; Source: McCarthy hoped Cheney would resign before vote; Cheney doesn't rule out a run for president against Trump; Cheney: Trump will "unravel the democracy to come back into power"; George P Bush: Cheney should be fighting Biden, not GOP; Ethnic clashes rock Jewish-Arab cities in Israel;  To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Colonial Pipeline aims to restore service by week’s end, shutdown fuels fears of surge in gas prices; White House: Colonial Pipeline has not asked Biden admin for cyber support; White House won’t say if pipeline company paid ransom demand; Biden: no evidence Russian govt behind pipeline cyberattack; Fauci: it may be time to ease indoor mask mandates; Several states not ordering full vaccine shipments as demand drops; CNN analysis: nearly 80% of Americans live near a vaccine site; CDC: 46% of Americans have received at least one vaccine dose; Pfizer seeks full FDA approval for vaccine; CDC director: 12-to-15-year-olds could be getting vaccinated in less than two weeks; One-on-one with Sen Elizabeth Warren; Sen Warren on her new book & lessons learned from 2020; Sen Warren on running for re-election & her political future; McCarthy tells house GOP to expect a vote on Cheney Wednesday: “it’s clear we need to make a change”; Sources: Cheney wants to put GOP conference on the record, force lawmakers to choose between Trump or the truth; Interview with Caitlyn Jenner airs tonight 8pm ET; Caitlyn Jenner, Running as a republican, favors path to citizenship for 1.75M undocumented workers in CA; Caitlyn Jenner: Biden “is our president… I believe in the system”; Israeli defense forces target Hamas after rockets fired toward Jerusalem; Hundreds injured in clashes between Palestinians, Israeli police; Hamas claims responsibility for firing rockets toward Jerusalem; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Infectious Disease Expert: U.S. is turning the corner on Covid; U.S. Cases, Hospitalizations, Deaths Hit Lowest In Months; Moderna Head: Vaccine Boosters Likely Needed Every 9-12 Months; Broadway Tickets on sale again, cruises running trial voyages;  Poll: Number of Republicans who have gotten, or will get vaccinated up 9% in recent months; Moderna Vaccine shows 96% efficacy in teens in early data; Trump  Loyalty Over Policy; Doctors Fear Being Attacked; Rep. Elise Stefanik pledges GOP party unity, while casting doubt on election integrity; Conservative groups questions Stefanik’s voting record; Conservative Club for Growth Calls Stefanik a liberal;  Caitlyn Jenner Praises Trump, Bashes Biden as she ramps up run for CA Governor; Newsom critics get enough signatures to force a recall election; Jenner embraces Trump in first interview since announcing run for Governor Caitlyn Jenner says Trump did “Good Things” for LGBTQ Community, Does not give examples; Former Commander on Biden’s decision; Secy Blinken: U.S. will respond if Russia acts recklessly or aggressively against Ukraine; Ukraine Boat Patrollers call Russian Navy drills increasingly aggressive; Biden Admin begins to pull U.S. troops from Afghanistan; Gen. Petraeus: U.S. may regret pulling troops from Afghanistan; Gen. Petraeus urges Biden Admin to issue more U.S. Visas for Afghan and Iraqi translators; Doctors attacked as covid patients die; India breaks daily records on cases and deaths; Medical staff in India ordered to run from ICU fearing attacks from grieving family members; Medics in India bear brunt of anger over mishandled pandemic; India’s PM Modi pushing ahead with $1.8B Parliament renovation and new house while pandemic rages; What the voters are saying ;Burn out; Wyoming voters react to Liz Cheney’s stand against Trump To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chauvin in restricted housing unit in prison for safety; Derek Chauvin faces up to 40 years in prison; Ohio police officer shoots, kills teen girl who appears to lunge at someone with a knife;  New poll: 43% of Republicans say they will avoid the vaccine; Biden: Congress needs to pass policing act in honor of Floyd; Senate to vote on anti-Asian hate crimes bill this week; UNICEF: surge of migrant children entering Mexico has increased by nine times over three months; Afghan who worked for U.S. government: “I was thinking I will be killed” To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Eight killed, several injured in America’s latest mass shooting; Sources: FBI previously investigated FedEx suspect after family member reported potential for violence; FBI: “Premature to speculate” on FedEx shooter’s motive; ER doctor on how “gun violence affects literally all of us”; Officials give update on FedEx mass shooting investigation; Police identify suspected FedEx shooter as former employee; WH plans to release $1.7 billion to fight Covid variants; CDC advisers meeting again next week to review J&J vaccine pause; Researchers begin testing Pfizer vaccine on kids as young as two; J&J scientists say there isn’t enough evidence to link vaccine to rare blood clots; Discarded masks filling up landfills, littering oceans; Recycling company VP: PPE has created a “monster waste stream”; Cleveland clinic sterilizing masks, turning PPE into fuel, reusing hand sanitizer bottles to reduce waste; Russia sanctions eight U.S. officials and expels diplomats in retaliation for Biden’s sanctions; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Biden: It is time to end America's longest war; Biden visits Arlington national cemetery, says troop withdrawal was not a difficult decision to make; Biden: I will not pass the Afghanistan war to a fifth president; Official: Biden thinks a conditions-based withdrawal is "a recipe for staying in Afghanistan forever"; Biden: We can't keep waiting to create "ideal conditions" for withdrawal; White House: Biden admin "very engaged" with congress on George Floyd justice policing act; Intel chief: Domestic extremism is an "immediate" "complex" & "growing" threat to the United States; FBI Chief: 5 Qanon supporters arrested for Jan. 6 insurrection; U.S. intel chief says spy agencies still do not know "where, when, or how" COVID-19 was initially transmitted; 48-year-old Florida sergeant dies from coronavirus To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Paramedic testifies George Floyd ingested drugs when confronted by police during 2019 arrest; Prosecution cross-examines defense’s use-of-force expert; CDC, FDA recommend pause of Johnson & Johnson vaccine; WH says there is “plenty” of supply to keep up vaccine pace despite Johnson & Johnson pause; Boehner rips GOP leaders, says Republican party is unrecognizable; Biden to announce withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan by 9/11; Boehner unloads on GOP’s “crazy caucus,” calls some members “political terrorists,” “lunatics” & “Lucifer”; Biden to withdraw all U.S. troops from Afghanistan by Sept. 11; U.S. Businesses ask Biden to take major steps to save planet; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Medical expert: Being handcuffed, having knee on neck, knee on back all contributed to fatally low oxygen; Fentanyl would have reduced George Floyd’s respiratory rate, but his rate was “normal”; Medical examiner still expected to testify; Found Floyd’s drug use, health conditions were “significant” conditions; Medical expert refutes defense argument that medical conditions, drug use responsible for Floyd’s death; Most jurors appear to be engaged & taking notes during pulmonary expert’s testimony, according to court reports; Biden takes “initial” steps on guns, calls on Congress for more; Biden: Gun violence is an epidemic & international embarrassment; CNN gets exclusive access inside Myanmar as military tries to control report, cuts WiFi; Myanmar’s military kills & detains pro-democracy protesters, blames “violators” for the violence; Brutal military crackdown continues, at least 570 people killed; People bang pots and pans, showing resistance to military rule; CNN visits public space surrounded by military, still people flash 3 finger salute, symbolizing uprising; CDC: One in four U.S. adults now fully vaccinated; GA lifts Covid restrictions, Gov. declares state “open for business”; Aide tells Times Union NY Gov. Cuomo groped her at governor’s mansion; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Police Lieutenant: Chauvin’s knee on Floyd’s neck would not be an authorized use of force; Use-of-force instructor who trained Chauvin testifies; Police Lt: Chauvin did not use a proper neck restraint but may have followed other police training; Floyd family prays outside of Minneapolis courtroom; Use-of-force instructor: “We don’t train” officers to use their legs in neck restraints; Biden appeals to seniors: It’s time to get vaccinated “now”; Biden praises Sen. McConnell for encouraging Republican men to get coronavirus vaccinations; Biden: This fight isn’t over; Now isn’t the time to let down; California to fully reopen June 15; Texas Rangers pack 38,000 fans in for home opener, Fauci “concerned”; New poll: 52% of parents “likely” to get their kids vaccinated; U.S. reaches three million daily shots, 18% fully vaccinated; Arkansas GOP legislature overrides Republican Gov. Hutchinson’s veto on anti-trans health bill; SD Gov. Noem signs executive order requiring girls to show birth certificate to participate in sports; Russia rolls back environmental regulations on Lake Baikal, hockey stars unite to help save lake with natural ice rink; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Biden suggests Justice Dept look into GA voting law; Georgia law restricts voting, Fox sued for $1.6 billion as Trump whitewashes MAGA mob; Kemp defends GA voting law: “It wasn’t a voting rights bill, it was an election security bill”; Black Georgia legislator arrested for knocking on door during governor’s bill signing; “Covid War: The Pandemic Doctors Speak Out” airs Sunday at 9pm; Fauci agrees COVID-19 was likely spreading in China “a month or more” earlier than reported; Fmr CDC Director to CNN: COVID-19 originated in Wuhan lab, but he has no evidence; NC Gov vows to fight GOP efforts to restrict voting; Gun shop owner: Shooting suspect passed background check; Estimated $400M lost in trade every hour cargo ship blocks Suez canal, U.S. Navy might reroute an aircraft carrier; Study: Winter is “vanishing” from Lake Michigan due to rising temps; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Biden: “I make no apology” for ending policy on “separating children from their mothers”; Biden: GOP measures to restrict voting are “unamerican… it’s sick”; Biden: Republican party must decide whether to work together or “divide the country”; Biden blames many border issues on Trump administration; Biden: “Going to be hard” to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan by May first deadline; Biden: “I can’t picture” U.S. troops staying in Afghanistan for another year; Biden: If North Korea escalates, “we will respond accordingly”; At least two injured in Tornado touchdown near Birmingham; Massacre suspect makes first court appearance in wheelchair; Suspect’s lawyer: We need to “fully assess” his mental illness; AstraZeneca vaccine:76% effective against symptomatic Covid; Most states will open vaccinations to residents ages 16+ by end of April; Miami Beach brings back curfew to combat spring break crowds; Rutgers to require Covid vaccine for students in the fall; Biden admin to spend nearly $10B to expand vaccine access; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Toomey, Manchin may revive bipartisan background checks bill; New video shows attack on slain officer during Jan. 6 riot; Admissions have dropped for ages 65+ with more vaccinations; Osage Nation health care workers hit the road to put Covid shots in the arms of their community; March 24 symbolizes how far into 2021 women must work to earn same pay as men from all of 2020 To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Witness live streams as shots ring out, bodies on floor; Biden: Gun control shouldn’t be partisan, “we have to act”; 3 crises in America all in focus today: Boulder massacre, border emergency and big lie; Police: Supermarket shooter’s motive still unclear; Officer, who was father of 7, among 10 killed in Boulder rampage; Witness: Grocery store workers kept others from danger; Arrest warrant: Shooting suspect armed with two guns and tactical vest; Obama: It’s long past time for those with power to fight this epidemic of gun violence; Sen. Cruz: “Every time there is a shooting, we play this ridiculous theater”; Hero officer was first to respond to shooting, leaves behind seven children; New data: Border patrol has detained more than 11,000 unaccompanied migrant children in the last month; Surge of migrants overwhelms Border Patrol facilities; Vaccine trial review board: “Outdated” data may have given “incomplete” view on AstraZeneca’s efficacy; AstraZeneca stands by its vaccine trial; Fauci: Drama surrounding the AstraZeneca vaccine may contribute to vaccine hesitancy; Lawyer pushing the big lie now says no “reasonable” person would believe it as she faces billion dollar lawsuit; Boulder judge recently blocked bans on some types of semi-automatic rifles; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

CDC cuts distance needed in schools to 3 feet from 6 feet; Teacher’s unions skeptical of CDC change to distancing guidance; More states relax restrictions as experts warn of variants; U.S. averaging 2.5 million vaccine shots a day; WH says it may not be best messenger to convince reluctant Trump voters to get coronavirus vaccine; Biden urges Congress to pass COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act; Officials release names of all eight victims; FBI Director doesn’t think race played a role in shootings, Atlanta mayor says it likely did; Thousands of civilians believed to be killed, others forced to flee their homes in escalating Ethiopian crisis;  Heartbreaking accounts from victims reveal how rape is used as a weapon of war in the Tigray region of Ethiopia; New Yorker: Top staffers of NY Gov. made efforts to discredit his first accuser by leaking her personal file; Gov. Cuomo accuser: Investigators asked “very pointed questions”; New Yorker: NY Gov. Cuomo joked about wanting to “mount” female staffer; China rep calls Secy of State comments “condescending”; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Biden touts progress as U.S. nears 100M shots under his presidency; Official: CDC is expected to update physical distancing guidance for schools to three feet instead of six feet tomorrow; Biden admin considers sending AstraZeneca doses to Canada, Mexico; Fauci: We are in a race between vaccines and variants; Dr. Fauci, Sen. Paul get in tense exchange over masks; Atlanta Police “don’t have a position” on if shootings were a hate crime, say “nothing is off the table”; Cherokee County Sheriff’s spokesman allegedly posted racist, anti-Asian photo online; House holds hearings on hate crimes against Asian communities; GOP Rep. Roy invokes lynching in hearing on hate crimes; FBI asks public to help identify suspects who violently assaulted officers on January 6th; McCarthy claims he never backed Trump push to overturn election; Putin wishes Biden “good health” without “irony” after Biden calls Putin a killer; Biden’s un-Trumpian approach to taking on Russia and China; Diapers, children’s clothing litter path to border crossing; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Biden: People will get stimulus checks as soon as this weekend; Biden on Covid relief: Now we have to implement it; After Covid relief, what’s next on Biden’s legislative agenda?; Emotional reunions as more Americans get vaccinated; Biden’s new goals: All adults eligible for vaccine by May 1, small gatherings with friends & family on July 4; Capacity limits eased to 75% in New Orleans today; Spring break hot spots brace for crowds despite Covid warnings; Biden admin to decide by March 15 if masks will be required in the workplace nationwide; CDC Dir: Childhood immunizations for other diseases down 11M doses during pandemic; Neighbors worry Floyd memorial site is becoming a battlefield; Activists demanding justice &accountability from police before reopening Floyd memorial site; Breonna Taylor’s mother: Lack of justice is “still unbelievable”; Breonna Taylor’s mother asks Biden to create a national policy to hold police accountable; Cuomo blames “cancel culture” amid increased calls for resignation from fellow Democrats; NY lawmakers launch impeachment inquiry into Gov. Cuomo; LA parents worry the delay in returning to in-person schooling has caused irreparable harm to their kids; Georgia county commissioner dies of Covid-19; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Biden, Harris & top officials to sell relief law to public; Tonight: Biden’s first primetime address on heels of relief bill victory; Rep. McCarthy: Covid bill isn’t about pandemic, is a “payoff for Pelosi’s political allies”; WH: Stimulus checks will begin hitting bank accounts this weekend; One year ago today: COVID-19 infects Tom Hanks, shuts down NBA, Europe travel, Seattle schools; Fauci admits he would be “shocked” a year ago to learn 530K+ Americans would die from Covid; In new ad, all living former presidents, except Trump, urge Americans to get vaccinates; New guidelines lift restrictions on visits inside nursing homes; Veteran charged in riot received special security clearance for those working close to the president; CNN KFile: Cuomo downplayed and deflected questions about nursing home data last spring; Texas Attorney General files lawsuit against city of Austin and Travis county over mask requirement; Houston Mayor responds to lifted restrictions in Texas; Virginia Capitol police officer dies of Covid-19; Visit teambeans.shop to help fight childhood cancer; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Biden: Covid relief bill a “historic victory for the American people”; Texas opens “100 percent” despite health officials warning against it; Alaska first state to open vaccine to all people 16 and older; Starving, dying children pack Yemen hospitals amid civil war; Right now: jury selection happening in trial of ex-cop   To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Covid relief deal includes $1,400 checks, more unemployment aid, billions for small businesses, vaccines & school improvements; WH still won't call influx of migrants at the border a "crisis"; Debate starts at 9am tomorrow on massive stimulus bill; About 60% of Americans 65+ have received at least one vaccine dose; Texas to lift mask mandate, fully reopen businesses tomorrow; First royal reaction to explosive interview: "While some recollections may vary, they are taken seriously"; Biden DOJ nominee denies support for defunding police after false ads; GOP accuses Kristen Clarke, nominee for DOJ's civil rights division of "reverse racism"; RNC denies Trump's demands to stop using his name for fundraising, say they have "every right" to do so; Trump tells supporters to give him money, not "RINOS"; Report: Chinese gov responsible for genocide, sent 2 Mil Uyghurs & other minorities to detainment camps; CNN Exclusive: Sister of Uyghur detained in China speaks out, says brother "looks like a bone with a human face"; Lawmakers honor a SC high school coach who died of Covid;  To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Senate at standstill as Dems try to win over Manchin on change to unemployment benefits; WH: $15 minimum wage is a priority for President Biden; GOP Sen: We have “a hundred” amendments “in the hopper”; With 50-50 split, Senate Dems have no room for error in passing relief; NYT & WSJ: Cuomo aides altered data to lower Covid nursing home deaths by nearly half; Cuomo accuser to CBS: He’s a “textbook abuser”; Cuomo accuser recounts thinking the governor was grooming her, trying to have sex with her; New CDC guidance for vaccinated Americans expected “soon”; Pew Research Center: About 70% of Americans have been vaccinated or plan to get vaccinated; White House tries to clean up fallout from Detroit mayor declining J&J vaccines; Some states roll back restrictions despite expert’s warning; Fauci to Tapper: U.S. shouldn’t pull back restrictions until new Covid cases fall below 10,000 per day; Lebron James joins fight against Republican-led bills which would make it harder to vote; Georgia investigation into Trump’s attempts to overturn election enters new phase as grand jury convenes; Measures like thorough contact tracing help reassure parents as schools stay open in Canada; Pope Francis makes first-ever papal visit to Iraq to spread message of “peace & unity”; First black woman to drive Nashville city bus dies of Covid; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fauci: “Inexplicable” for states to lift restrictions; TX Gov defends decision to lift mask mandate: still suggesting masks, just not requiring them; Dr. Fauci: Texas decision to end restrictions is “ill advised”; CDC Dir: People should wear masks even if state doesn’t mandate it; Study: A person with UK variant can infect 43% to 90% more people; Dr. Fauci: “You don’t want to pull back just now”; Poll: 28% of Republicans say they will “definitely not” get vaccine; Security on high alert today after potential threats to Capitol; Politico: GOP committee will support Republicans who voted for impeachment, despite Trump threats; Rep Meijer proposes alternative Covid relief plan, including $2,400 relief checks for some Americans; Now: Senate clerks reading entire 600+ page Covid relief bill at GOP’s Sen’s demand, could take 10+ hrs; Sen. Johnson demands entire relief bill be read to stall vote; Gov. Cuomo accuser tells CBS she believes he was propositioning her for sex; Texas businesses fear viral video-esque backlash if they require masks; Some businesses confused and worried as TX lifts mask order; Sources: Diplomatic official loses role over racist and offensive comments about Biden, Harris; State Dept. Official removed from Afghanistan role after saying Trump’s election loss was the “death of America”; Ohio man dies of Covid days before getting vaccine; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

DC National Guard chief says it took more than three hours to approve request to send troops to Capitol on Jan. 6th; McCaul agrees Secy of Army needs to testify to explain why National Guard wasn’t deployed sooner; Biden admin hits Russia after intel shows FSB responsible for poisoning Putin critic; Biden: “neanderthal thinking” by states to stop mask mandates; CDC: people should still wear masks even if states lift mandates; Pence uses big lie to argue against voting rights bill; GOP bill would limit weekend voting & mail-in ballots in GA; White House: Biden yet to select new name for budget director after pulling Tanden nomination; NY Gov. Cuomo apologizes for his behavior, but denies he touched women inappropriately; San Diego icon, civil rights activist dies of Covid To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

FBI Director rejects GOP conspiracy theories, says no proof antifa or fake Trump supporters involved in Capitol attack; Wray: Report warning of Jan 6th violence was sent to law enforcement agencies in 3 different ways; Biden: Merck will help J&J manufacture one-shot vaccine; Biden: We’re now on track to have enough vaccine for every adult by the end of May; Biden: Prioritizing efforts to vaccinate K-12 educators by the end of March; Schools plan reopenings across U.S. still far from Biden’s goal of full return; Source: NY State lawmakers moving to repeal Cuomo’s expanded executive Covid powers; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

U.S. begins distribution of Johnson & Johnson vaccine; First trucks carrying J&J vaccine arriving at UPS shipping facility this afternoon; CA lawmakers agree on plan to get kids back into classrooms; CDC director “deeply concerned” promising trajectory of pandemic could shift; CDC director: “we are not out of the woods yet”; WH: distribution of J&J vaccine “should be even” across communities; Donald Trump’s niece on the ex-president & his influence; Mary Trump says she thinks Donald Trump will at least “pretend” to run for president again; Trump vows revenge on republicans who voted to impeach; Mary Trump: GOP refused to take “off ramp” on Trump; Mary Trump: Donald Trump is the republican party; Trump tax returns in hands of Manhattan district attorney; NY attorney general to appoint independent investigator into sexual harassment claims against Gov. Cuomo; NY Attorney general: finings from Gov Cuomo probe will be released in public report; Gov. Cuomo hires high-powered attorney for nursing home scandal; NY mayor: the governor issued a “total non-apology”; NY mayor: the governor treated sexual harassment as some kind of laughing matter; NY Mayor: “I cringed” when I heard the allegations; Second Gov,. Cuomo accuser “understood” he wanted to sleep with her and “felt horribly uncomfortable and scared”; NYC mayor: I don’t see how anyone can function as a governor; DHS secy calls situation at border a “challenge”, not “crisis”; Biden admin: immigrants from central America “need to wait” before trying to come to U.S.; DHS secy: families separated at border could b reunited in U.S.; WH: to personally help negotiate $1.9 trillion COVID relief bill with senate; Biden admin defends decision to not punish Saudi crown prince for Khashoggi murder despite U.S. intel report; Trump faces five separate investigations in NY, GA & DC; Right now: Trump’s taxes in the hands of New York prosecutor; Prosecutors in Georgia open criminal probe into Trump’s attempt to influence election; Georgia GOP secretary of State investigates Trump’s attempts to overturn election; DC prosecutor launches investigation into Trump’s role in January 6 capitol attack; Former French president sentenced in corruption case; Rising opera star loses battle with COVID-19 at age 38; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

U.S. Intel Report: Saudi Crown Prince approved operation to kill journalist Jamal Khashoggi; U.S. Intel Report: Saudi crown price viewed Khashoggi as a threat and supported using violence to silence him;  U.S. publicly asserts Saudi Crown Prince ordered Khashoggi murder, but imposes no penalties to him; Tonight: House votes on Biden’s $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill; Senate ruling on minimum wage hike provokes progressive anger; Several GOP lawmakers claim they can’t attend votes due to “public health emergency;” They’re scheduled to be at CPAC; Soon: FDA cmte to vote on Johnson & Johnson vaccine, could be in arms as soon as next week if approved; U.S. carries out air strikes in Syria targeting Iranian backed militias; First military action of Biden presidency; Soon: Biden to speak as Texas recovers from power & water crisis; Biden visits emergency crews & volunteers in Texas after winter storm left millions without power, water; Trump plans to resurrect false claims in CPAC speech; GOP Presidential hopefuls overshadowed by Trump; McConnell would “absolutely” support Trump as 2024 nominee; CPAC spotlight on cancel culture, religious freedom, the big lie, and downplaying insurrection; Comedian Jon Stewart: U.S. has endless funds to wage war, but no funds for the consequences; Remembering 65-year-old Richard Garrett; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

One year ago, Trump team said Covid & terrorism wouldn’t hit U.S.; Capitol Police Chief says emergency protocols weren’t followed, officers overwhelmed; Law enforcement officials continue to blame lack of intelligence for failing to prepare; New fractures emerge in GOP over Trump’s political future; Source: Trump’s CPAC speech will be his resurgence into politics; GOP Rep Greene attacks Dem colleague’s transgender child; Researchers: New variant in New York City & Northeast carries mutations that could evade immune response; 6.6% of U.S. population now fully vaccinated; Covid cases, hospitalizations & deaths all trending down; Does one small town have the recipe for returning to class?; Ohio school safely reopens with mask wearing, teacher vaccinations and just 3-foot social distancing; Superintendent to schools reluctant to reopen: Call me; NYC kids back in person today, OH starts Monday, CA still has no timeline; Tomorrow: House to vote on Biden’s $1.9T stimulus plan; Unclear if Covid bill will include $15 minimum wage; WH fighting for budget nominee Tanden but confirmation hangs by a thread; Trump’s tax returns turned over by NY District Attorney; Cuomo’s Fmr Secretary denies cover-up in nursing home deaths despite top Cuomo aide admitting data delay; NY Governor Cuomo denies sexual harassment allegations made by former aide; Recall effort: 1.8M unverified signatures collected to unseat Gov. after year of shutdowns, schools not open; Remembering 70-year-old Bertha Pretlow Brown; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Promising signs in pandemic: vaccine progress, cases and hospitalizations down, deaths slow in new estimate; WH: 3-4 million doses of J&J vaccine to go out next week if FDA grants emergency use; Moderna testing vaccine boosters to combat South Africa variant; WH: J&J’s production problems were “disappointing,” drug maker to now deliver 100m doses by summer; FDA: Johnson & Johnson vaccine is 85% effective against severe illness, meets requirements for emergency use; WH says it is “fighting” for Neera Tanden’s OMB nomination; Key hearings on OMB nominee Neera Tanden unexpectedly postponed, signaling White House may pull nomination;  Rep. McCarthy refuses to say if Trump should be probed by 9/11-style commission; GOP rep slams GOP Sen for pushing Capitol attack conspiracy theory; Trump ally investigations continue with Don Jr. deposed, Bannon financial records subpoenaed; Woods “aware, responsive & recovering” after extensive emergency surgery on right leg; Microwave attack victim: “I rather would’ve been shot”; CIA director Burns: extraordinarily high priority to get to the bottom of attacks; Biden’s V.A. Secy admits the department “faces great challenges” To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tiger Woods injured after car flipped in single-car crash; Golf Digest: Tiger Woods suffered multiple leg injuries, in surgery following accident; Sheriff: Tiger Woods’ vehicle crossed onto wrong side of road before crash; White House: States to now get 14.5M vaccine doses per week; Vaccine makers pledge to deliver 240 million doses by end of March, even more by summer; Johnson & Johnson vows to deliver 4M vaccine doses as soon as FDA grants emergency authorization; Drug makers consider vaccine boosters to help combat highly-contagious variants; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

WH: Backlog of 6 million vaccine doses due to weather; Biden defends Covid aid plan, says “I’m open” to GOP’s suggestions on cutting costs responsibly; 5% of U.S. population fully vaccinated; Experts estimate 70-85% needed for herd immunity; Officials: Have to work “double time” to make up for vaccine delays; Biden says teachers should be a vaccine priority; CDC says it’s not a requirement for reopening schools; Texas hit by water, food shortages after days without power; Abilene, TX fire Chief: Elderly couple reluctant to leave their freezing home later found dead; Frozen fire hydrants slowed crews battling apartment fire; Sewage seeped into Texas city after water treatment plant knocked offline; Texas governor calls on execs of power grid operator to resign; About half of Texas’ population under boil water advisory; Biden’s pushes to unravel Trump foreign agenda; Biden WH willing to sit down for nuclear talks with Iran; U.S. rejoins Paris climate deal after exiting under Trump; Biden to world leaders: U.S. will “earn back” leadership position; Dem Senator Manchin to oppose Biden pick for budget office; Sen. Graham heads to Florida to meet with Trump this weekend; Sen. Graham heads to Mar A Lago to play peacemaker, as McConnell-Trump feud rages within GOP; Sen. Thune defends Republicans who voted to convict Trump; CDC Dir: Schools can open despite community spread if masks, social distancing, other protections are in place; Manhattan D.A. investigating possible fraud claims by former Pres. Trump; GOP Sens demand Garland commit to investigating Gov. Cuomo; Garland’s opening statement to focus on independent Justice Department; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

At least 42 deaths amid winter freeze expected to continue for days; Winter storms cripple fragile vaccine distribution; 400K without power, 13.5M facing water issues in Texas; Mayor: 40,000 without power in Houston, down from 1.3 million; CDC: Life expectancy for black Americans dropped a staggering 2.7 years in first half of 2020; Fauci: Could take until end of summer for all Americans to be vaccinated; CDC to invest $200 million in Covid genome sequencing; Pfizer gives first doses in vaccine trial for pregnant women; Dems & WH push most far-reaching immigration proposal in decades; Immigration reform bill faces uphill path in House, Senate; WH: Immigration is “an absolute priority” for Biden; FBI and U.S. U.S. Attorney’s Office launch preliminary inquiry into Cuomo Admin’s handing of nursing home Covid deaths; 20 New York lawmakers demand Gov. Cuomo’s EMMY Award be vacated over handling of Covid nursing home deaths; Traumatized women describe rape and beatings at Chinese internment camps; Uyghur detention camp survivor to Chinese govt’: I am not afraid anymore, “they already killed my soul”; First photos from Rover that just landed on Mars; NASA lands a rover on Mars for the first time in nine years; Sailor who immigrated from Philippines among U.S. Covid victims; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Biden pushes back timeline, says vaccines widely available for public by end of July; Biden admin: early shipments of Johnson & Johnson’s single dose vaccine will be smaller than expected; Warren & Schumer push back on Biden after he shoots down cancelling $50k in student loan debts; Trump slams McConnell as a “dour, sullen, & unsmiling political hack” despite voting for acquittal; CDC: variants could lead to “rapid rise” in Covid-19 cases despite recent drop; Former Biden advisers want White House to recommend wide use of N95 masks; More than 3m customers still without power in freezing Texas; Operator: working around the clock to avoid catastrophic blackout; Texas officials turn storm failures into political blame game; States warn severe weather causing vaccine distribution delays; NY Gov. Cuomo’s office denies he threatened fellow Democrat over nursing home controversy; CNN analysis: Covid cases in kids align more with state virus rates than school status; Lousville mourns beloved local football coach lost to Covid-19 To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Bipartisan group of govs asks Biden to improve vaccine rollout; WH weekly vaccine supply increasing to 13.5 million doses; Fauci: It will take until end of summer or early fall to vaccinate vast majority of Americans; CDC says schools should reopen, but new guidance advises most schools to stay closed right now; GOP Sen Johnson downplays Capitol attack: “This didn’t seem like an armed insurrection to me”; Toomey could face censure for voting to convict Trump; New Covid-19 cases sink to lowest level since October; Fauci: Don’t get complacent as new Covid cases decrease; White House: Biden would support 9/11- style commission to investigate Capitol riot; CDC: Overdose deaths hit 12-month record during pandemic; Dem Rep. Dean and son write book about his struggles with drug abuse and recovery; Nasty winter weather snarls Covid vaccinations nationwide; Several cold temps, snow forced Ford to close F-150 plant, slow FedEx deliveries nationwide; Calls for carbon monoxide poisoning across Texas, more than 90 incidents in Houston alone; Houston Police: Woman and child died of carbon monoxide poisoning after car left running in garage to create heat; Public schools in Dallas and Houston cancel classes, officials warn of “dire” conditions without power; Anti-Asian hate crime reports surge across U.S. during pandemic; San Francisco Police: Suspect arrested after elderly Asian man assaulted “due to perceived race”; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Schumer, McConnell reach deal on Trump impeachment trail rules; Schumer: each side will get 16 hours over two days to present their arguments in Trump’s trial; Schumer: house managers requested senate hold votes on witnesses if needed; Trump legal team argues trial is unconstitutional, accuses democrats of pursuing “political theater”; Schumer: GOP searching for way to “oppose the conviction of Donald Trump without passing judgement on his conduct”; More transmissible U.K. variant spreading rapidly through U.S.; Fauci: U.K. variant should be most dominant strain in U.S. by end of March; South Africa pauses AstraZeneca vaccine rollout after study shows it gives less protection against variant; WH urges vigilance as COVID deaths increase 2.4%, and new infections & hospitalizations drop; CDC to release guidance on reopening schools this week; Schools plan reopenings as districts await CDC guidance; CDC: 2,000+ children have contracted rare condition linked to COVID; WH: Biden focused on passing COVID relief “as quickly as possible”; Stimulus negotiations reveal sharp divide in democratic party; Sanders fights to keep $15 minimum wage in COVID relief deal as Biden casts doubt it will survive; Dems to unveil $3,000 child tax credit as part of relief bill; WH: intel professionals will decide if Trump can have briefings; Democratic divide threatens to derail COVID deal while GOP debates path forward after impeachment; Dems try to balance impeachment trial with stimulus talks; Cheney: “we should not be embracing the former president”; Hunter Biden promotes upcoming book release within weeks of his father’s inauguration; 29-yuear-old aerospace engineer among U.S. COVID victims; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Dems ask Trump to testify under oath at impeachment trial; Soon: House vote over Rep. Greene’s committee assignments;Awaiting house vote over Rep Greene’s committee assignments; Rep. Greene on conspiracy comments: These were in the past, do not represent me; Rep. Greene attempts to rewrite history, doesn’t apologize for spreading conspiracy theories about 9/11, school shootings; Kevin Mccarthy pretends not to know what Qanon is despite denouncing conspiracy theory in August; Fmr Trump Adviser: Trump will not testify in Impeachment trial; House impeachment managers request Trump testify under oath about his conduct on January 6;Tension between school districts and teachers grows over kids returning to in-person learning ;CDC: Increasing data suggests UK variant may be deadlier ;450,000+ Americans have died from covid-19 ;Pace of vaccinations slowly increasing, now at 1.3M shots per day ;Atlanta public schools mulling possible mandatory summer school for covid-19 “Learning Loss” ;Chicago Teachers’ Union & schools reach agreement on testing, but no deal to open; President Biden delivers first foreign policy address ;Biden Admin announces major foreign policy moves including freezing troop withdrawals from Germany ;Biden reverses multiple Trump foreign policy moves; Biden: “Ending all support” for Saudi-Led campaign in Yemen; Voting Tech Company files 2.7B lawsuit against Fox, Trump Allies ;Analysis: More than 100 Bills aim to restrict voting in 28 states ;GA Dem Lawmaker: New voting bills are “knee-jerk reaction” to GOP losing races ;Georgia GOP tries to limit mail-in-voting with bills that could require two copies of photo ID, Ban on Ballot Boxes ;Georgia Republican: Voters should “put forth a little bit of effort” to cast ballot ;Arizona GOP pushes bill that would allow legislature to override election results Voting Rights Group: Laws to restrict ballot access mostly target minority voters Any Moment: House vote on removing GOP Rep from committees Beloved school worker in New York among Covid-19 victims To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Study: younger adults are the biggest Covid spreaders in the U.S.; CDC director: teachers don’t need to be vaccinated to safely reopen schools; Study shows Oxford-Astrazeneca vaccine might help stop virus transmission, rather than just preventing illness;  CNN analysis: pilots blame being “rusty” in at least 26 incidents since start of pandemic; In first interview, Biden vows family won’t have role in admin, after brother touts relationship in firm AD; Biden: “I think we’ll get some Republicans” to support Dem plan; Biden tells House Dems to “stick together” in Covid relief push; McCarthy condemns Rep. Greene’s statements but blames Dems for raising the temperature; Once popular GOP Rep. Newhouse at risk of losing reelection in 2022 after voting to impeach Trump; Capitol police officer Brian Sicknick laid to rest at Arlington cemetery;   To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New arguments submitted ahead of trial start next week; Trump team argues he was exercising his first amendment right in questioning election results; Dr. Fauci warns of reinfection risk if new variants become dominant; States, Biden admin racing to expand vaccine access; Study: Single shot may be enough to produce Covid-19 protection for people who already had virus; Growing number of GOP Senators criticize Rep. Greene, call her views “very disappointing,” “not good for the party”; McConnell, Graham defend Cheney from attacks by Trump allies; McConnell slams Greene’s “Loony lies and conspiracy theories”; McConnell finally rebukes Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene: Her views “are cancer for the Republican party and our country”; Greene responds to McConnell: Real cancer for GOP is “weak Republicans who only know how to lose gracefully”; Dems moving ahead with COVID relief plan without GOP support; WH trying to “repair the damage & horrific actions” of Trump Admin with immigration executive orders; Senate confirms Mayorkas as Homeland Security Secy, Buttigieg as Transportation Secy; Alex Navalny in court: Putin is “little thieving man” & “Putin is the poisoner”; Hundreds of protesters detained in Russia after Navalny hearing; Remembering 9-year-old J.J. Boatman; died suddenly of Covid; To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices