9 AM ET: 2024 legal cases, Meta 'pressured' over Covid, UN catastrophe warning & more

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🗓️ 27 August 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Legal issues connected to the 2024 election continue to crop up, while Latino advocates in Texas say they were targeted in an election integrity probe. How about this for DEK 2: Aid delivery to Gaza is being paused after the Israeli military issued new evacuation orders, which could also affect a polio vaccination drive. The UN Secretary General is warning of a worldwide catastrophe that's putting Pacific islands in danger. Mark Zuckerberg says the Biden administration pressured Meta to censor Covid-19 content back in 2021. Plus, SpaceX has delayed the launch of a mission aiming to pull off the first commercial spacewalk. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:27.0	Hello from CNN, I'm Joe Beck, with the five things you need to know for Tuesday August 27th.
0:34.0	The 2024 election is already facing some legal issues.
0:38.0	Democrats in Georgia have filed a lawsuit to block two rules recently passed by the State Election Board.
0:45.2	They allow election officials to carry out a quote, reasonable inquiry before certifying results,
0:51.3	and also allow County election board members to investigate
0:54.4	ballot counts. Democrats want a court ruling to make it clear that election
0:58.8	superintendents do not have the power to delay the certification of election results or to refuse to certify
1:05.2	them.
1:06.2	Meanwhile in Texas, there's backlash to a series of raids last week connected to an election
1:11.7	integrity probe.
1:13.0	It is evident through his patterns of lawsuits, raids, searches and seizures
1:19.0	that he is trying to keep Latinos from voting.
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