News Wrap: Biden thanks supporters in South Carolina on last full day of his term
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🗓️ 19 January 2025
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| 0:00.0 | In the day's other news, President Biden and President-elect Trump spent the final full day of their current roles by thanking supporters, but in very different ways. |
| 0:09.1 | Before his second tour of duty as commander-in-chief, Mr. Trump visited Arlington National Cemetery and laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. |
| 0:16.8 | This evening, at a downtown Washington, D.C. sports arena, Mr. Trump is to hold what's being billed as a MAGA victory rally. |
| 0:24.2 | For the final full day of his presidency, Mr. Biden visited with supporters in Charleston, South Carolina, |
| 0:29.4 | the state that revitalized his faltering campaign in 2020. |
| 0:33.4 | He attended a church service and visited Charleston's International African American Museum. |
| 0:39.6 | TikTok has restored service to the 170 million U.S. users of the social media app. |
| 0:45.3 | Less than 24 hours after it went dark because of a federal ban, TikTok powered back on. |
| 0:51.3 | That was after President-elect Trump said that once in office, he would try to give |
| 0:55.9 | the China-based parent company more time to find a government-approved buyer. The law that banned |
| 1:01.4 | the act gives the president authority to grant a 90-day extension. Millions of people across the |
| 1:06.9 | country are bracing for dangerously cold conditions as a polar vortex moves south from the Arctic. |
| 1:13.2 | This latest round of winter weather is expected to bring bitterly cold temperatures, |
| 1:17.3 | plunging the northern plains into single digits. It's also set to bring a rare bout of freezing rain to the south. |
| 1:25.0 | President Biden pardoned the historic leader of the Black Nationalist Movement, |
| 1:28.8 | 85 years after his death. Marcus Garvey was among five people to receive pardons from Mr. Biden |
| 1:35.1 | on the eve of his leaving office. Garvey, who died in 1940, mobilized the Black Nationalist |
| 1:40.6 | Movement in the early 20th century. He influenced the next generation of civil |
| 1:44.6 | rights leaders, including Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. Still to come on PBS News |
| 1:50.7 | weekend, how some of the world's biggest companies are making record-breaking donations to President |
| 1:56.0 | elect Trump's inaugural committee. And the modern history of the personal notes outgoing presidents leave their |
| 2:02.3 | successors. |
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