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Happening now. happening now President Biden delivers an impassioned plea to African American voters in South Carolina hoping the state that propelled him to the Democratic nomination in 2020 can recharge

his re-election campaign.

This as top Republican hopefuls hit the final stretch with just one week until the Iowa

caucuses. In Georgia, Donald Trump is asking a judge to throw out the state's

election subversion case against him. The former president once again

claiming immunity. The same argument a federal court will hear tomorrow with

Trump in attendance. Plus we have breaking news about that terrifying mid-flight fuselage

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