Biden’s Age in Focus, After Special Counsel Report

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🗓️ 9 February 2024

⏱️ 16 minutes

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P.M. Edition for Feb. 9. President Biden’s age and leadership abilities have come under fresh scrutiny after a report on his handling of classified materials. White House reporter Ken Thomas discusses the Democratic and Republican responses. And agriculture business reporter Patrick Thomas explains why less U.S. pork consumption is a problem for the economy. Plus, reporter Kejal Vyas has more on Venezuela’s military deployment to the border with oil-rich Guyana. Annmarie Fertoli hosts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:34.0	Venezuela deploys military to its border with oil-rich Guyana.
0:42.0	And President Biden's age is back in focus
0:44.0	after the release of a special counsel report.
0:47.0	There's a concern now that this report,
0:50.0	while it exonerates President Biden
0:52.0	from any criminal wrongdoing related to the
0:56.2	handling of these documents it could still hurt him in the public realm.
1:01.0	Plus why less pork consumption in the U.S. is a problem for the economy.
1:05.9	It's Friday, February 9th.
1:07.4	I'm Anne Marie Fertulli for the Wall Street Journal.
1:09.8	This is the PM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories that moved the world today.
1:18.8	Let's start with Markets News. The S&P 500 closed above 5 record close of the year. Stocks have been propelled higher in recent weeks on strong economic data and cooling inflation. And Microsoft
1:35.7	became the biggest company in market value surpassing Apple. Microsoft closed
1:40.4	with a market value of 3.125 trillion dollars today setting a new record
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1:49.5	previous record of 3.09 trillion dollars last July. No U.S. company had ever closed a trading
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