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Biden to sign executive order on supply chains

President Biden is signing an executive order on supply chains Wednesday, part of the administration’s efforts to cope with the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. The move comes as Congress continues to consider Biden’s Cabinet nominees and the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package. CBS News senior White House and political correspondent Ed O’Keefe joins CBSN with the latest. Source

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Grocery union demands vaccines and hazard pay for workers

Grocery workers have fought for hazard pay and expressed concerns for their safety for since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic nearly a year ago. Marc Perrone, president of the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, spoke with Anne-Marie Green and Vladimir Duthiers about what would help grocery workers and Kroger’s plans to close stores in California and Washington state after local governments required them to give workers hazard pay. Source

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At least 18 dead after bloodiest day of protests since Myanmar military coup

One month after the Myanmar military ousted civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi, the country is seeing its deadliest day of anti-coup protests after at least 18 people died in clashes with security forces. Ryan Heath, Politico’s senior editor and author of Global Translations newsletter, joins CBSN’s Lana Zak to discuss the latest in the military’s crackdown against anti-coup protesters and the impact on geopolitics. Source

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Colson Whitehead: The 60 Minutes interview

The two-time Pulitzer-winner opens up to John Dickerson about his writing process, his wide variety of interests, getting rejected and “the space of very little hope” he found himself working in when he wrote “The Underground Railroad” and “The Nickel Boys.” Source

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