Biden calls on Americans to "move into the future" in fiery State of the Union
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🗓️ 8 March 2024
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President Joe Biden held a State of the Union Thursday night. USA TODAY White House Correspondent Joey Garrison explains what he focused on, and what it might signal for the coming presidential election.
The U.S. is launching a port on the Gaza coast that can receive large shipments of humanitarian aid.
USA TODAY Economic Opportunity Reporter Charisse Jones looks at what two companies can tell us about the changing economy.
A new bill would force TikTok to cut off China or face a ban.
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| 0:08.0 | Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Friday March 8th, 2024. This is the |
| 0:19.2 | expert. Today a look at President Joe Biden's State of the Union address, plus the latest |
| 0:28.1 | from Gaza and is Tik-Toc getting shut down. |
| 0:32.1 | We're the only nation in the world with a heart and soul that draws from old and new. |
| 0:37.0 | Home to Native Americans and ancestors have been here for thousands of years. |
| 0:41.0 | Home to people of every place from every place on earth. of my ancestral family in Ireland, some to flee persecution, to chase dreams that are |
| 0:55.7 | impossible anywhere but here in America. |
| 0:58.8 | That's America, and we all come from somewhere, but we're all America. |
| 1:04.0 | President Joe Biden made an energetic State of the Union address last night, |
| 1:07.8 | where he touched on a range of domestic and international priorities. |
| 1:11.8 | The president focused on Ukraine and |
| 1:13.7 | Warren Gaza abroad and at home he tackled reproductive rights, voting the |
| 1:18.3 | economy and immigration among other issues. For more I caught up with USA Today White House correspondent |
| 1:24.3 | Joey Garrison. Joey thanks for making the time. Hey thanks for having me. So |
| 1:28.4 | Joey a lot of voters have been concerned about both candidates ages, especially President Joe Biden |
| 1:33.8 | since he's four years older than former President Donald Trump. |
| 1:37.9 | As it is, he's already the oldest president in American history. |
| 1:41.7 | Was Biden able to show that he's still on top of his game and that he has another four years in him? |
| 1:46.7 | We kind of had this bar going into the state of the union of Biden needing to look |
| 1:51.2 | invigorated and healthy, these kind of basic bars he needed across. |
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