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SECURITY, AND COVID-19, CRISES
NOT SEEN IN GENERATIONS.
WITH JUST TWO DAYS UNTIL HE
TAKES OFFICE, PRESIDENT-ELECT
JOE BIDEN IS POISED TO INHERIT A
COUNTRY GRAPPLING WITH A CLUSTER
OF CRISES.
BIDEN NOW UNVEILING NEW DETAILS
ABOUT THE MAJOR ISSUES HELL
TACKLE.
VOWING THAT WITHIN THE FIRST TEN
DAYS, HELL TAKE A SERIES OF
EXECUTIVE ACTIONS AIMED AT
REVERSING SOME OF THE PRESIDENT
TRUMPS MOST CONTROVERSIAL
POLICIES.
AMONG THEM, ENDING THE TRUMP
TRAVEL BAN ON MUSLIM-MAJORITY
COUNTRIES, RE-JOINING THE PARIS
CLIMATE AGREEMENT, EXTENDING THE
PAUSE ON STUDENT LOAN PAYMENTS,
MANDATING MASK WEARING ON
FEDERAL PROPERTY, AND INTERSTATE
TRAVEL.
SPEAKING AT A VIRTUAL EVENT
AIMED AT KICKING OFF THE
INAUGURAL WEEK.
>> THE TIMES ARE TOUGH.
BECAUSE OF YOU, WERE FILLED
WITH HOPE, AND WERE FILLED WITH
HOPE FOR AMERICAS FUTURE.
>> Reporter: BIDEN ALSO
PROPOSING A SWEEPING, $1.9
TRILLION RELIEF PACKAGE THAT
WOULD INCLUDE AN EXTRA $1,400 IN
DIRECT PAYMENTS TO FAMILIES,
BILLIONS IN AID TO STATE AND
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, AND FOR THE
DISTRIBUTION OF THE COVID
VACCINE.
PROMISING 100 MILLION DOSES OF
THE EVACUATIONVACCINE IN THE FIR
DAYS.
GOP LAWMAKERS ALREADY BALKING AT
THE PRICE TAG.
>> 1$1.9 TRILLION IS TOO MUCH.
>> Reporter: FURTHER
COMPLICATING THE AGENDA, THE
IMPEACHMENT TRIAL OF PRESIDENT
TRUMP, WHICH COULD BEGIN IN
DAYS.
VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT KAMALA
HARRIS.
>> THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DESERVE
WITH THEIR PRESIDENT AND VICE
PRESIDENT COMING INTO OFFICE, WE
ADDRESS THE THINGS THAT ARE
WEIGHING ON THEM AND IMPLEMENT A
PLAN.
>> Reporter: BIDEN HAS ALSZO SAI
HE WILL AIM TO UNIFY A DEEPLY
DIVIDED NATION AND WORK WITH
REPUBLICANS.
AIDES SAY THE INAUGURAL ADDRESS
WILL DRAW ON THEMES OF HEALING
AND UNITY.
BIDEN WORKED ON HIS INAUGURAL
ADDRESS WITH FAMILY AND TOP
ADVISERS OVER THE WEEKEND.
MEANWHILE, VICE PRESIDENT-ELECT
HARRIS WILL RESIGN HER SENATE
SEAT TODAY, SET TO BE REPLACED
BY ALEX PADILLA.
