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News Wrap: U.S. COVID cases up 200% in 2 weeks

News Wrap: U.S. COVID cases up 200% in 2 weeks with delta variant behind 83% of them

07/20/2021

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News Wrap: U.S. COVID cases up 200% in 2 weeks

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News Wrap: U.S. COVID cases up 200% in 2 weeks with delta variant behind 83% of them

In our news wrap Tuesday, new COVID-19 infections in the U.S. are still building — up 200% in two weeks. Vaccinated staffers in both the White House and in Congress have tested positive. China has rejected U.S. Accusations that it was behind the hack of Microsoft Exchange email system. Former movie producer Harvey Weinstein — now a convicted rapist — was extradited from New York to California.

07/20/2021

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Belarusian opposition leader on Lukashenko's dictatorship

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Clip: 7/20/2021 | 8m 42s | Belarusian opposition leader on Lukashenko's dictatorship, underground protests, U.S. aid (8m 42s)

Californians scramble for water as taps, wells run dry

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Clip: 7/20/2021 | 8m 43s | Californians scramble for fresh water as taps, wells run dry (8m 43s)

Extreme U.S. West wildfires creating lightning, fire whirls

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Clip: 7/20/2021 | 5m 8s | West U.S. wildfires are so extreme that they're creating lightning, fire whirls (5m 8s)

How U.S. officials worked to prevent pro-Trump coups, sieges

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Clip: 7/20/2021 | 10m 7s | How U.S. officials worked to prevent coups, Waco-like sieges in Trump's final year (10m 7s)

Sanders on budget, infrastructure, immigration and COVID

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Clip: 7/20/2021 | 7m 51s | Sanders: GOP 'nervous' about 'overdue' progressive policies in budget, infrastructure bill (7m 51s)

Why the bipartisan infrastructure deal may be in jeopardy

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Clip: 7/20/2021 | 5m 7s | The bipartisan infrastructure deal may be in jeopardy. Democrats have a 'Plan B' (5m 7s)

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