News Roundup for March 18, 2022
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🗓️ 19 March 2022
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Summary
The White House announced that it will have to wind down a program that pays to test, treat, and vaccinate uninsured people amid the pandemic. The administration says it's run out of money for the program.
Meanwhile, the Russian government continues to arrest people protesting against the country's invasion of Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin says "pro-Western Russians are scum, need to be removed from society."
China is attempting to reopen the city of Shenzhen after a lockdown due to a surge of COVID-19. Authorities enforced a "zero tolerance" policy and paused the lives of millions across the country.
We cover all this and more during the News Roundup.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, this is Nila in For Gen, just a quick note before we start the show. |
| 0:04.9 | The news is rapidly developing and things might have changed by the time you hear this |
| 0:08.9 | episode. |
| 0:09.9 | So for the latest news, tune into your public radio station and find updates at npr.org. |
| 0:22.5 | This is the 1A podcast. |
| 0:23.5 | I'm Nila Boudou of Axios Today in For Gen White and you're listening to the news round |
| 0:28.0 | up. |
| 0:29.0 | Congress had a visitor on Wednesday and he had a very particular ask for them and for |
| 0:33.3 | President Biden. |
| 0:34.3 | And at the leader of my niche, I'm addressing the President Biden. |
| 0:41.8 | You are the leader of the nation, of your nation. |
| 0:47.8 | I wish you to be the leader of the world, being the leader of the world means to be the |
| 0:56.0 | leader of this. |
| 0:58.7 | Ukraine's President Vladimir Zelensky appeared via Zoom before a joint session of Congress. |
| 1:04.0 | His speech prompted another round of weapons and aid from President Biden, but without |
| 1:08.1 | taking more drastic measures, is it enough to stop Russia? |
| 1:11.4 | We'll get into that plus a big budget package passes without nearly $16 billion in COVID |
| 1:17.6 | aid. |
| 1:18.6 | What will that mean for our pandemic response? |
| 1:20.8 | And here comes the sun permanently. |
| 1:23.0 | The Senate has okay to measure that would lock in daylight saving time year round, an extra |
| 1:27.6 | hour of sunshine or a lost hour of sleep. |
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