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🗓️ 17 July 2024

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As onetime critics and rivals of former President Donald Trump pledge unity at the RNC, the Secret Service is shedding light on the security lapse that led to his assassination attempt. A group of Democrats want to slow down the confirmation of President Joe Biden as their nominee. Extreme heat is breaking records in hundreds of US cities this summer. Elon Musk says he's moving two of his companies out of California - we'll tell you why. Plus, the Mayor of Paris has jumped into the river Seine to prove it's safe ahead of the Olympics, and our reporter joined her. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello from CNN, I'm Joe Beck, with the five things you need to know for Wednesday
0:06.4	July 17th.
0:08.4	Former President Donald Trump's one-time rivals and critics are getting behind him at the Republican National Convention.
0:15.4	President Trump asked me to speak to this Convention in the name of unity.
0:21.6	I'll start by making one thing perfectly clear. Donald Trump has my
0:28.2	strong endorsement period. That was former South Carolina Governor Nicky Haley, who got some booze when she walked on stage yesterday,
0:37.1	thanks to her previous criticism of Trump. But she joined the likes of Ron DeSantis,
0:41.6	Marco Rubio, and Ted Cruz in pledging their support.
0:45.6	It comes as the GOP is trying to push the message of unity in politics, after a gunman
0:50.3	tried to assassinate Trump at a rally on Saturday.
0:53.6	Meanwhile, director of the secret service, Kimberly Chital,
0:56.9	spoke to CNN about the security lapse
0:59.4	that allowed the shooter to get a clear line of sight
1:01.6	to Trump from a nearby building.
1:04.0	At that particular site, we divided up areas of responsibility, but the Secret Service is
1:08.9	solely responsible for the design and the implementation and the execution of the site.
1:15.0	Her comments came after she told ABC News that local law enforcement was in charge of securing the building,
1:21.0	where Thomas Crooks fired shots. A group of House Democrats
1:25.6	is calling on the Democratic National Committee to ditch plans to virtually
1:30.0	nominate President Joe Biden in the coming weeks.
1:33.0	Over fears he's too politically damaged to beat Donald Trump.
1:37.0	It's the exact opposite of what Biden's allies are pushing for,
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