Presidential Money Race, Clearing The Key Bridge, Moscow Investigation's Torture

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🗓️ 29 March 2024

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If you paid enough money Thursday night, you could get your picture taken with three presidents — all at once. Reopening the Port of Baltimore will be a Herculean effort, as crews must clear six million pounds of steel out of the Patapsco River. And Russia's government isn't trying to hide that the four suspects on trial for last week's Moscow terrorist attack have been tortured.

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0:00.0	Reopening the port of Baltimore will be a Herculean effort.
0:07.0	The Dolly is almost as long as the Eiffel Tower and has the key bridge on top of it.
0:12.6	What's the plan to remove all the wreckage?
0:15.2	I'm Debbie Elliot with Leilifaudle,
0:17.1	and this is up first from NPR News.
0:20.4	Three presidents, a whole lot of celebrities and a $25 million campaign fundraiser,
0:29.4	can Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, and all that money helped
0:34.0	Joe Biden catch Donald Trump.
0:35.8	And Russia's government has made a point of showing
0:38.1	it's tortured the suspects in last week's terrorist attack.
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