Welcome to the lead. Im Pamela Brown in for jake tapper. And we begin with our politics lead. A Giant Step for President Biden as he cheers on 3. 5 Trillion worth of promises made and promises he hopes to keep. Hours after passing the bipartisan infrastructure deal, the senate voted very early this morning to move forward on the president s 3. 5 Trillion budget blueprint. Now, this plan includes a long list of Pricey Biden priorities such as investments to fight against climate change, universal prek creating more affordable housing and changes to the Tax Code just to name a few. The Latenight Vote was only the first step in a lengthy process, which as Cnns Phil mattingly reports, already is turning into a Price Tag Fight within the president s own party. In the past 24 hours weve seen the Senate Advance two key pieces of my economic agenda. Reporter President Biden taking a Victory Lap for the second time just hours after this moment. [ applause ] that applause from senate democrats j
As his state is looking more and more like the new epicenter. Every single county in florida is now an area of High Transmission according to the cdc. Hospitalizations there trending up. Were going to talk to a Florida Doctor facing this surge, but first, lets get to Cnns Reporter with more on the move by the new york mayor. Reporter the mayor said theyve tried to do everything they can to get people vaccinated in this city where currently 71 of adults have that first vaccination shot. Theyve tried to give up basketball tickets, eincentives of money. They need to get more people vaccinated. Thats where this move is coming from. This applies to all city workers. It comes a week after the mayor mandated those working in the health care system. The citys hospitals get vaccinated fully or have a covid test weekly. And so now this is also the Employees. 340,000 Employees roughly. This is going to include fdny, nypd. Only 43 of the force is vaccinated currently. This is the department of edu
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