Morocco Earthquake, Covid Boosters, Biden at G20

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🗓️ 11 September 2023

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The death toll from the earthquake in Morocco surpasses 2,100 people. The FDA is poised to green light a new set of COVID boosters. President Biden is wrapping up his Asia trip with a stop in Vietnam.

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0:00.0	After shocks and ruined roads complicate recovery efforts in Morocco.
0:06.4	We stayed out like the whole night because we were so scared, we're actually terrified,
0:11.4	like I'm shaking right now.
0:12.9	Lauren Freyar reports from outside of hospital.
0:15.3	I'm Michelle Martin, that's Steve Innskepen.
0:17.3	This is up first from NPR News.
0:20.8	The Food and Drug Administration is expected to approve a COVID booster shot.
0:25.0	Most people didn't get the last round.
0:27.0	Who should get this one?
0:28.3	Unless you have got some really compelling reason not to get it, you should probably go ahead and get it.
0:32.2	Also, President Biden concludes a trip to two nations that happened to be neighbors of China.
0:37.7	We're all better off if China does well.
0:40.7	China does well by the international rules.
0:43.3	What did his visit say about who will make those international rules?
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1:20.0	We have an eyewitness account today of devastation from an earthquake in Morocco.
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