Gaza Ceasefire Talks, Lloyd Austin Health Issues, Jon Stewart Returns

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🗓️ 13 February 2024

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Summary

As Israel plans an offensive in Rafah, negotiators are meeting in Cairo to discuss a path towards a ceasefire in Gaza. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin's Ukraine meeting with NATO allies with be virtual after cancelling his trip Brussels due to health complications. And after nearly nine years away, Jon Stewart returns to The Daily Show just in time for the presidential campaign.

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0:03.7	Sorry that was your only take.
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0:11.6	Yeah. Kued the underwriting.
0:14.0	President Biden wants a six week pause in the Israel Hamas war.
0:20.0	The key element of the deals are on the table for gaps that remain.
0:24.8	Israelis talk of extending their ground offensive, so which action comes first?
0:28.8	I'm Leila Falden.
0:29.7	That's Steve Insky, and this is up first from NPR News. It's
0:33.7	up first from NPR News. The Secretary of Defense has canceled a European trip while in the hospital.
0:39.5	How is Lloyd Austin's health and what are the implications for the US and for Ukraine?
0:44.0	Also John Stewart is back in the host chair at the Daily Show.
0:47.5	He has questions about the likely nominees for president in 2024.
0:51.8	They are the oldest people ever to run for president,
0:56.0	breaking by only four years the record that they set!
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