Biden's Morehouse College Speech, Alabama Autoworkers Union Vote, Daniel Perry Pardon

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🗓️ 17 May 2024

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President Biden meets leaders of Black sororities and fraternities ahead of delivering the commencement address at Morehouse College as campus protests continue. Autoworkers in Alabama will vote on whether or not to unionize a Mercedes-Benz plant. And Greg Abbott, the governor of Texas, has pardoned Daniel Perry, who was convicted of murdering Garrett Foster at a Black Lives Matter protest in 2020.

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0:00.0	President Biden speaks this weekend at the graduation from Morehouse College
0:06.4	which would normally be safe ground for him. This year? I don't believe that
0:11.0	he has the capability to inspire us.
0:13.4	What happens during this season of campus protest?
0:16.1	I'm Steve Insky and this is up first from NPR News.
0:19.2	Auto workers at a giant Mercedes plants say there's no reason they should be paid
0:26.2	less just because they are in the deep south. I think we've proven ourselves
0:29.8	by now so no no more discount. Workers vote today on whether to unionize and end the Alabama discount.
0:36.0	What's the case for and against?
0:39.0	Also, the governor of Texas pardoned a man convicted of murder.
0:43.4	Why did he set aside the conviction of Daniel Perry,
0:45.6	who shot and killed Garrett Foster
0:47.2	at a Black Lives Matter protest?
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