Harris' Speech At The DNC, Trump In Arizona, New Covid Shots

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🗓️ 23 August 2024

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Vice President Harris accepted the Democratic nomination for President. Former President Trump campaigned at the southern border in Arizona, and the FDA approved a new COVID-19 vaccine designed to help protect against the latest strains of the virus.

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0:00.0	Vice President Harris told the nation who she would be as president.
0:06.2	You can always trust me to put country above party and self.
0:13.0	Will the message translate to votes in November?
0:16.0	I'm Steve Insky with Leela Favavel,
0:18.0	and this is up first from NPR News.
0:20.0	President Trump has been campaigning on the US southern border in Arizona and
0:27.4	using one of his favorite lines of attack arguing that the Vice President left
0:31.8	the border open.
0:33.2	How are Democrats countering that message?
0:36.2	And the Food and Drug Administration has approved new COVID-19 vaccines.
0:40.3	Right now we're in a wave, so you'd like to get protection against what's going on right now.
0:45.0	So I would probably get vaccinated in as timely a manner as possible.
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