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CDC warns of ‘impending doom’ of COVID surges as deaths rise

Clip: 3/29/2021 | 8m 18sVideo has Closed Captions

The CDC is warning of an ‘impending doom’ of COVID surges, deaths. Is it warranted?

President Joe Biden urged state and local officials Monday to keep or reinstate mask mandates amid some of the most urgent warnings yet about new COVID-19 surges. Judy Woodruff talks to Dr. Leana Wen, an emergency physician and public health professor at George Washington University, about the latest developments in the fight against the virus, which has killed almost 550,000 Americans.

03/29/2021

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Chauvin's attorneys blame drugs,witnesses in Floyd's death

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Clip: 3/29/2021 | 8m 27s | Derek Chauvin's attorneys blame drugs, witnesses in George Floyd's death (8m 27s)

A look into the employee life at Amazon amid union push

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Clip: 3/29/2021 | 8m 8s | A look into Amazon's employee conditions as the company pushes back against unionization (8m 8s)

News Wrap: Three more men face trial for plot to kidnap Dem.

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Clip: 3/29/2021 | 3m 40s | News Wrap: Three more men to face trial for Whitmer kidnapping plot (3m 40s)

Renters hit by pandemic juggle assistance, eviction laws

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Clip: 3/29/2021 | 7m 27s | American renters hard-hit by pandemic juggle complicated assistance systems, eviction laws (7m 27s)

Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on gun law reform, beating COVID

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Clip: 3/29/2021 | 8m 11s | Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on the push to reform gun laws, end COVID-19 (8m 11s)

WHO says COVID originated in bats, but critics claim bias

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Clip: 3/29/2021 | 7m 22s | WHO report says COVID originated in bats, but critics claim the study was biased (7m 22s)

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