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Senate debates raising the debt ceiling

The Senate continues to debate raising the debt ceiling as Republicans have so far refused to vote with Democrats. CBS News congressional correspondent Nikole Killion joins CBSN’s Tanya Rivero for more on how the U.S. could run out of money on October 18 without action by Congress. Source

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Members of Utah Symphony perform “Abblasen”

With their concerts canceled for the foreseeable future, four members of the Utah Symphony — Travis Peterson, principal trumpet; Jeff Luke, associate principal trumpet; Alex Pride, acting 4th/utility trumpet; and Paul Torrisi, 2nd trumpet – offered a performance of Luke’s arrangement of the “Sunday Morning” theme song, the fanfare “Abblasen,” recorded while social-distancing. It’s a blast! Source

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The fight over vaccine and mask mandates across the U.S.

Unvaccinated New York City public school staff are suspended without pay beginning Monday, as the district replaces thousands of employees with substitutes and paraprofessionals. CBS News legal contributor Keir Dougall tells Tanya Rivero about mask and vaccine mandate disputes happening across the U.S. Source

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Nonpartisan election administrator targeted in Texas county

Some Republican lawmakers and Trump supporters across the country continue to claim the 2020 election was stolen from former President Donald Trump. In one Texas county that Trump won in a landslide, GOP officials are taking aim at a nonpartisan election administrator. Jeremy Schwartz, an investigative reporter for the Propublica-Texas Tribune Investigative Initiative, joins CBSN “Red and Blue” anchor Elaine Quijano with the details. Source

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President Biden says Republicans risk taking U.S. economy “over a cliff” amid debt ceiling standoff

In a speech Monday, President Biden discussed this months’ urgent deadline for Congress to take action to extend the government’s ability to borrow money and pay off its debts. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes, CBSN political contributor and White House reporter for the Associated Press Zeke Miller, and The Washington Post congressional reporter Marianna Sotomayor join “Red and Blue” anchor Elaine Quijano with the details. Source

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