6 AM ET: Biden's fiery speech, Uvalde report outrage, Santos running again & more

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🗓️ 8 March 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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President Joe Biden didn't pull any punches in his State of the Union address last night, his biggest chance to show voters what he's about ahead of the November election. A CNN poll shows 1 in 6 Americans had a positive reaction to the speech, but the GOP gave a harsh rebuttal. An independent investigation into the police response to the 2022 Uvalde school shooting has cleared all local officers of wrongdoing. Expelled Congressman George Santos says he's running for office again. Plus, we'll tell you why melatonin is landing thousands of kids in the ER. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:28.0	Hello from CNN, I'm Joe Beck. With the five things you need to know for Friday March 8th
0:37.6	President Joe Biden did not pull any punches in his State of the Union address last night.
0:43.2	It was arguably one of his most important speeches in 2024
0:47.1	and his biggest chance to show voters what he's about
0:49.6	before November's election.
0:51.3	He had a lot to fit in, trying to get across his accomplishments in office.
0:55.0	I've been delivering real results in fiscally responsible ways.
0:59.0	Looking ahead to a second-term agenda and election issues like abortion.
1:02.8	Those bragging about overturning the road we would have no clue about the power of women.
1:08.2	But they found out when reproductive freedom was on the ballot, we won in 2022 and 2020 and we will again in 2024.
1:16.5	Plus trying to ease concerns about his age.
1:19.5	I know it may not look like it, but I've been around a while. When you get to be my age, certain things
1:26.7	become clearer than ever.
1:28.3	All while showing how he's different from Republicans, with one in particular getting a lot of attention, even if he didn't actually
1:34.9	mention him by name.
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