January 7, 2023

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🗓️ 7 January 2023

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Summary

Kevin McCarthy was named Speaker of the House after 15 rounds of voting. Businesses brace for recession by slowing down hiring, amidst a strong labor market for 2022. The Biden administration will send its biggest aid package to Ukraine yet, but the weapons may not be exactly what they wanted.

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0:00.0	The honorable Kevin McCarthy of the state of California,
0:05.5	having received a majority of the votes cast,
0:08.8	is duly elected speaker of the House of Representatives.
0:12.4	It took some time, but he got there.
0:14.8	I'm Aisha Roscoe.
0:16.0	And I'm Scott Simon.
0:17.0	This is up first from NPR News.
0:20.9	It took not only time, but some concessions
0:23.6	that make the role of speaker less powerful.
0:26.3	We have the details.
0:27.7	More than 200,000 new jobs in the latest labor report,
0:31.8	what 2022's strong labor market means for you?
0:35.1	And a new batch of US weapons to Ukraine,
0:37.4	what it says about the state of the war there.
0:39.5	Stay with us.
0:40.3	We've got the news you need to start your weekend.
0:43.0	Mm-hmm.
0:44.0	Mm-hmm.
0:44.8	Mm-hmm.
0:45.8	Mm-hmm.
0:46.8	Mm-hmm.
0:47.8	Mm-hmm.
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