Biden-Trudeau Talks, TikTok CEO Testifies, March Madness Returns

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🗓️ 23 March 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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U.S. President Joe Biden heads to Canada for talks dominated by illegal immigration and Haiti, TikTok's CEO testifies in Congress and March Madness returns after several upsets in the opening rounds.

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0:00.0	Close to half of all Americans have a TikTok account, 150 million people.
0:07.6	How can its Chinese owners prove they won't misuse Americans' information?
0:12.0	The company CEO talks to Congress today.
0:14.3	I'm Laila Faldon, that's Stephen Skepen.
0:16.4	This is up first from NPR News.
0:21.6	President Biden meets Canada's Prime Minister today.
0:24.3	They'll have a lot to say about immigration during the two-day visit.
0:27.8	Both countries are destinations for asylum seekers.
0:31.0	How can they help stabilize the nations where people flee from?
0:34.4	Also, Purdue University from my home state lost in a first-round upset.
0:38.8	But apparently the NCAA men's basketball tournament goes on.
0:42.4	We might score an upset in the upcoming round of 16.
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1:14.9	The leader of TikTok is coming to Washington.
1:17.7	Yeah, the company's boss is testifying before Congress.
1:21.0	The hearing focuses on whether the video sharing app is a threat to national security.
1:26.0	In a way, his company is on the line because many in the US want TikTok taken away from his
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