Biden Impeachment, Putin and Kim Meet, Libyan Floods

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🗓️ 13 September 2023

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Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy launched a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. Russian President Vladimir Putin welcomed North Korean leader Kim Jong Un Wednesday. Is Putin looking for a source of weapons for his war in Ukraine? And floods inundate Libya, where rival factions rule the country.

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0:00.0	Speaker Kevin McCarthy launches an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden.
0:07.0	These are allegations of abuse of power, destruction, and corruption.
0:12.2	But so far, is there any concrete evidence of these claims?
0:14.8	I'm Leila Faldon, that's Amartina's, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:21.0	Plus a summit of authoritarians, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un meets Russian President
0:25.4	Vladimir Putin in that country's far east today.
0:28.0	They brought along their defense ministers, so as Putin unhunt for more weapons for his
0:32.1	war in Ukraine.
0:33.3	And officials in the North African country of Libya say flooding has killed thousands
0:37.9	of people there.
0:38.9	Already the country was played with over a decade of conflict and is ruled by two rival
0:42.4	governments, so what does that mean for recovery efforts?
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1:10.7	Under pressure from far right Republicans in his party, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy has
1:15.1	announced a formal impeachment inquiry into President Biden.
1:18.5	These are allegations of abuse of power, obstruction, and corruption.
1:24.5	They weren't further investigation by the House of Representatives.
1:29.2	House Republicans have already been investigating the Biden family for months, and so far haven't
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