Biden's State Of The Union, Trump's New RNC Chairs, Haiti's Standoff Continues

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🗓️ 8 March 2024

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President Biden takes on his age — and, without saying his name, his opponent. Donald Trump is poised to install loyalists atop the Republican National Committee. And a surreal standoff in Haiti continues, between the government and armed gangs.

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0:12.0	President Biden takes on his age and without saying his name, his opponent.
0:17.0	You can't love your country only when you win.
0:21.0	Did his State of the Union address win over skeptical voters?
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0:30.9	Donald Trump is poised to install loyalists atop the Republican National Committee.
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0:41.0	And a surreal standoff in Haiti continues between the government
0:44.8	and armed gangs. Haitians have been protesting on the streets calling for the
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