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🗓️ 29 March 2023

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

A rare clash between U.S. and Israeli leaders raises thorny questions about the intertwined fates of two of the world’s most important democracies. The Culture War ramps up as the last unifying link inside the Republican Party. President of the American Federation of Teachers Randi Weingarten discusses the growing politicization of education.

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0:00.0	If it's Wednesday, President Biden warns the world.
0:05.6	He is very concerned about the state of Israel's democracy as he urges Prime Minister Netanyahu
0:10.7	to walk away from a judicial overhaul plan that has sparked weeks of massive protests.
0:17.3	Plus, the ongoing search for answers and a motive in Nashville as investigators combed through new
0:21.9	evidence, including the shooter's writings and personal history. And two former credit Swiss
0:27.9	bankers turned whistleblowers speak to CNBC exclusively about evidence they handed over to the United
0:33.5	States that the ailing banking giant has been running a year's long scheme to help wealthy Americans use the Swiss bank to dodge U.S. taxes. Happy Hump Day and welcome to meet the press.
0:58.5	Now I'm Chuck Todd reporting from Washington, where a rare clash between U.S. and Israeli
1:03.7	leaders has spilled into public view, raising some thorny questions about the intertwined
1:07.5	fates of two of the world's most important democracies.
1:10.8	Late yesterday, President Biden delivered his sharpest rebuke yet of Israeli Prime Minister about the intertwined fates of two of the world's most important democracies.
1:15.1	Late yesterday, President Biden delivered his sharpest rebuke yet of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his government's attempts to overhaul Israel's judiciary.
1:19.7	Netanyahu was forced to pause that effort after weeks of intensifying demonstrations
1:23.9	crippled the country, with protesters decrying the move as an undemocratic power
1:28.9	grab by BB's far-right government.
1:31.1	Here's President Biden speaking to reporters on two occasions yesterday, airing his grievances
1:35.7	and concerns about Netanyahu's stated pause, while also suggesting that Netanyahu won't
1:40.8	be invited to Washington anytime soon if he doesn't walk back.
1:45.0	How concerned are you about the health of democracy during the world?
1:50.0	Like many strong supporters, Israel, I'm very concerned.
1:54.0	And I'm concerned that they get this straight.
1:57.0	They cannot continue on this road.
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