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The 7

Friday, October 20, 2023

The 7

The Washington Post

Daily News, News

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🗓️ 20 October 2023

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

Friday briefing: Biden’s Israel speech; Sidney Powell guilty plea; Jim Jordan; winter forecast; DeLorean discovery; and more


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0:00.0

President Biden addressed the nation last night.

0:06.0

We have winter weather predictions and you can probably guess what happened in Congress yesterday.

0:11.2

I'm Jeff Pierre and this is the seven from the Washington Post. It's Friday

0:15.1

October 20th. Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories.

0:20.3

First up President Biden will ask Congress for more money for Israel and Ukraine.

0:27.5

He spoke to the nation last night from the Oval Office.

0:30.3

If we walk away from Ukraine, if we turn our backs on Israel, it's just not worth it.

0:36.0

That's why tomorrow I'm going to send to Congress an urgent budget request to fund America's

0:41.8

national security needs to support our critical partners

0:45.1

including Israel and Ukraine is a smart investment that's going to pay dividends

0:50.5

for American security for generations.

0:53.2

Biden is expected to ask for up to $100 billion in additional aid for both countries,

0:59.1

though the exact figure isn't certain yet.

1:01.8

In his speech, he also urged restraint from Israel and

1:05.0

Gaza. Israeli airstrikes and a siege have led to a humanitarian crisis there.

1:09.9

Depleted hospitals are shutting down and yesterday a strike hit a historic church that was

1:15.6

sheltering civilians.

1:17.3

In Israel, families of over 200 hostages held by Hamas are searching social media for clues about the whereabouts of their

1:25.1

loved ones and rocket fire from Lebanon has forced the evacuation of communities near Israel's

1:30.8

northern border. At number two, how do you plead to the six counts of conspiracy to commit intentional interference with

1:44.5

performance of election duties? Guilty. That was Sidney Powell. She pleaded guilty

1:50.3

yesterday to illegally conspiring to overturn Trump's

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