Monday, May 24, 2021: A Make-or-Break Week for Big Biden Agenda Items - a podcast by CNN

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Major deadlines and decisions loom on key pieces of the President’s agenda. He wanted to sign police reform legislation by tomorrow, the anniversary of George Floyd’s death. And he wanted an infrastructure deal by Memorial Day. Neither looks likely.

The U.S. hits a key Covid milestone today: 25 states and D.C. have vaccinated at least 50% of all adults. But is politics playing a role in who is, and isn’t getting vaccinated?

And a new 2020 campaign book reveals some juicy details, from the behind-the-scenes role of Barack Obama to Joe Biden’s last-minute hesitation over choosing Kamala Harris as his running mate.

 

Today’s panelists: CNN’s Manu Raju and POLITICO’s Laura Barrón-López.

 

Also on the program: CNN’s Joe Johns and Kylie Atwood, along with Emory University’s Dr. Jay Varkey and Atlantic writer and author Edward-Isaac Dovere

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