Nikki Haley Sharpens Attacks On Trump, Biden Impeachment Inquiry, Opioid Crisis

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🗓️ 22 February 2024

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Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is ramping up her attacks on former President Donald Trump, but her path to winning the GOP nomination remains very narrow at best. Why is she staying in the race? A key witness in the Republican-led impeachment inquiry against President Biden has been charged with lying about an alleged bribery scheme. And a new study shows that nearly half of all American adults know someone who died from an overdose. How is this affecting the people who are closest to the crisis?

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0:00.0	Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley has ramped up her attacks on former President Donald
0:06.6	Trump.
0:07.6	But her path to winning the GOP nomination remains very narrow at best to why she's staying in the
0:11.8	race? I mean Martinez, that's Michelle Martin,
0:13.8	and this is up first from NPR News. A key witness in the Republican-led
0:20.4	impeachment inquiry against President Biden has been charged with lying about an alleged
0:24.3	bribery scheme. This comes as Biden's younger brother James appeared on Capitol Hill for a closed-door
0:29.1	deposition, so what does this mean for this impeachment effort?
0:32.3	And a new study shows that nearly half of all American adults
0:35.4	knows someone who died from an overdose.
0:37.8	How is this affecting the country, especially people who are closest to the crisis?
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1:16.6	Republican presidential candidate Nicky Haley has sharpened her critique of Donald
1:21.0	Trump this week.
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