Biden faces hard truths of the pandemic ahead of major speech
CNN
The thing Americans want most from Joe Biden is beyond his power to deliver: an end to the pandemic.
But the President will make a new attempt on Thursday to chart a path out of a national nightmare that is beginning to feel like a dark, repeating, permanent reality -- and to prove he is the leader that can reach that elusive destination. His speech will coincide with a frightening new dimension of the emergency, with children now representing about one in four new infections, with hundreds in hospitals, a surge that is terrifying parents and threatening in-person school.More Related News
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