12 PM ET: Biden and Trump fundraising, inflation rises, Louis Gossett Jr. dies & more
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🗓️ 29 March 2024
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| 0:00.0 | Hello from CNN I'm Joe Beck with the five things you need to know for Friday March 29th |
| 0:08.2 | President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are both trying to raise some campaign cash this week, but they're |
| 0:14.6 | doing it in very different ways. |
| 0:17.1 | Biden held a high profile fundraiser in New York City last night, where he was joined by |
| 0:21.6 | former President's Barack Obama and Bill Clinton. |
| 0:25.1 | The star-studied events at Radio City Music Hall raised more than $26 million for Biden's |
| 0:30.7 | campaign. |
| 0:31.7 | Trump, meanwhile, has started selling a nearly $60 patriotic copy of the Christian Bible, |
| 0:38.0 | themed to Lee Greenwood's famous song, God Bless the USA. |
| 0:42.1 | So far, Biden's campaign has raised a lot more cash than |
| 0:44.8 | trumps, but polling suggests some voters are divided when it comes to choosing |
| 0:49.1 | between the two candidates. We asked CNN's Harry Enten for more details. |
| 0:53.6 | Hey Joe, so our new CNN poll of polls shows no clear leader with Donald Trump at 47% to |
| 0:58.8 | Joe Biden's 44%. |
| 1:00.8 | I should note though that's a very different picture from where we were four years |
| 1:04.2 | ago at this point when Joe Biden held a seven-point advantage 50% to Donald Trump's |
| 1:09.5 | 43%. Additionally if you look at the all important Electoral College |
| 1:13.7 | according to CNN's current race ratings |
| 1:15.9 | Donald Trump has 272 electoral votes which is two more than he needs to |
| 1:20.5 | carry the presidency. |
| 1:21.6 | Inflation ticked higher last month, reversing some of the progress we've seen recently. |
| 1:28.0 | The personal consumption expenditures price index was up 2.5% for the 12 months that ended in February. That's the Fed's preferred |
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