Harris Economic Plan, Trump Economic Plan, Matthew Perry

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🗓️ 16 August 2024

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Vice President Harris laid out her vision for the economy in a policy speech. Former President Donald Trump pledged to bring down consumer prices and increase wages, and five people were charged in connection with the death of actor Matthew Perry.

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0:00.0	Hey could we have a little light in there?
0:02.0	It's kind of dark.
0:03.0	Mood lighting.
0:05.0	Yeah, that my mood is I want to go to sleep.
0:07.0	So could we not?
0:09.0	Make it bright.
0:10.0	Thank you.
0:11.0	It doesn't have to look like the gynecologist's office,
0:12.0	but if it could definitely be not that.
0:18.3	Vice President Harris rolls out her economic agenda today.
0:21.3	Prices for everyday things like groceries are still too high.
0:25.6	You know it and I know it.
0:27.1	How is she proposing she'll get the cost of food and housing under control?
0:30.2	I'm Michelle Martin.
0:31.0	That's Leilofaudle, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:37.0	Former President Donald Trump was also pushing his plans to the economy in another long press conference
0:41.5	where fruit loops and Orioles were held up as examples of
0:44.0	inflation, what's he saying he will do for consumers?
0:47.0	Plus five people have been charged in the death of actor Matthew Perry.
0:51.0	Various go-betweeks,'s two medical doctors and a major source of drug supply known as the
0:57.4	ketamine queen.
0:58.4	They're accused of supplying him with drugs in his final days.
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