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NPR News: 08-28-2024 5PM EDT

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🗓️ 28 August 2024

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0:00.0

Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Jack Spear.

0:05.0

Vice President Kamala Harris is in Georgia where she and running mate Tim

0:09.1

Walles will take part in a bus tour, culminating with rally tomorrow night. To win toss up Georgia

0:14.9

Harris has to pick up votes beyond Democratic strongholds in Metro Atlanta

0:18.8

for member station W A B. E. Sam Greenglass says more. Last year Savannah Mayor Van Johnson said he was extremely concerned about President

0:26.7

Joe Biden's chances in Georgia.

0:29.2

His analysis has since changed.

0:31.3

The road to the White House goes through Georgia,

0:35.0

and the lane to that road goes through Savannah

0:38.4

and coastal Georgia.

0:39.7

Harris last visited Savannah in February.

0:42.1

I don't think ever in our history and we're 291 years old.

0:45.6

Have we ever had a president or vice president twice in the same year, much less six months?

0:51.8

The last Democratic presidential candidate to campaign

0:54.4

by bus in South Georgia was Bill Clinton in 1992. For NPR News I'm Sam

0:59.8

Greenglass in Atlanta. The UN World Food Program is suspending the movement of its staff in Gaza after they were fired

1:06.6

upon an Israeli military checkpoint.

1:09.6

Israel's military did not immediately respond to a request for comment,

1:12.8

and Bureau's Eibutraui as more.

1:14.4

The UN organization says their team was in clearly marked armored cars,

1:18.4

escorting aid trucks to Central Gaza when they were fired on

1:21.4

as they approached a military checkpoint after receiving multiple

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