Sudan Evacuations, Pittsburgh Synagogue Trial, SCOTUS Poll

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🗓️ 24 April 2023

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Summary

Foreign diplomats start evacuating Sudan as fighting intensifies, but thousands of American citizens remain in the country. Jury selection begins today in the trial of a man accused of killing 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018. A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll shows that a majority of Americans don't have much confidence in the Supreme Court.

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0:00.0	How can people get out of Sudan and what happens to those who remain behind?
0:05.8	Many diplomats left the country as government forces battled a rival paramilitary group.
0:10.8	The speed of the deterioration in Khotun has frankly been stunning.
0:14.7	I mean Martinez, that Steve Innskipe and this is up first from NPR News.
0:21.3	Almost five years after a mass shooting, the defendant faces trial.
0:24.3	These accused are killing 11 people at a synagogue in Pittsburgh and families of the
0:27.8	victims will be watching lawyers make their case.
0:30.2	We need to be there.
0:31.8	Also, if you ask 10 Americans about six would say they have no confidence in the Supreme Court.
0:38.4	That's the finding of a survey.
0:39.8	How many want changes to a court with a conservative majority and lifetime appointments?
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1:12.0	I have heard about the clashes in Sudan, but can you catch me up on why armed groups
1:18.0	are fighting there?
1:19.0	Sure, yeah.
1:20.0	It goes back a few years.
1:21.0	Essentially, the country has two armed forces.
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