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GOP Support for Trump, LA School Walkout, Fed Fights Inflation

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4.552.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Republican lawmakers back ex-President Donald Trump ahead of his potential arrest, staff in the nation's second-largest school district plan a walkout in Los Angeles and the Federal Reserve weighs interest rate hikes.

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0:00.0

Republicans who control the House are meeting this week and plan to talk about legislation.

0:07.1

Instead, as often happens, they're discussing Donald Trump.

0:10.2

What do they make of an ex-president who is predicting his own indictment?

0:13.5

I'm Leyla Faldon.

0:14.8

That's Stephen Skipen.

0:15.8

This is up first from NPR News.

0:21.3

More than 400,000 students won't have class in Los Angeles today.

0:25.6

Instead of striking in the nation's second largest school district, they say it's time for

0:29.9

a long-term raise.

0:31.8

What is the district's case for offering a smaller one?

0:34.0

Also, why did it take so long to call out problems at Silicon Valley Bank?

0:39.0

We need to get to the bottom of whether or not this is a supervisory, a regulatory problem,

0:43.6

a bank mismanagement problem, perhaps all three.

0:47.0

Stay with us.

0:48.0

We've got the news you need to start your day.

0:55.6

What do you do when the leader of your political party faces a criminal investigation?

1:07.4

Well, Republicans who control the House are supporting Donald Trump once again.

1:11.8

The lawmakers are meeting in Florida where they had planned to talk over legislative priorities,

1:16.4

but the ex-president seized attention by predicting his own indictment in New York today.

1:22.0

He hasn't been indicted, but here's what we know about the case.

1:24.9

He'll close to Trump, paid an adult film star to cover up her story of an affair.

1:29.8

That led to an investigation by Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan District Attorney, into falsifying

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