Sudanese Refugees, Texas's Floating Border Barrier, Georgia Election Case

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🗓️ 7 September 2023

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The United Nations says as many as a million people have fled war in Sudan. NPR's Michel Martin visits refugees in Chad. A judge reeled in Texas's floating border barrier. And prosecutors in the Georgia election case want a four month trial.

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0:00.0	War in Sudan has forced as many as a million people to flee to neighboring countries.
0:07.9	Our co-host, Michelle Martin, is witnessing a humanitarian disaster.
0:12.0	From Chad, she shares refugees' stories.
0:14.1	I'm Steve Innskeep with Leyla Faddle, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:21.2	A federal judge rejected Texas's floating border barrier, which the state claimed it
0:26.3	needed to prevent illegal migration into the state.
0:29.2	Governor Greg Abbott says he will appeal.
0:31.8	Is this headed to the Supreme Court?
0:33.6	And state prosecutors in the Georgia election conspiracy case say they want all 19 defendants
0:38.8	to stand trial next month.
0:40.9	The judge says not so fast.
0:42.8	It just seems a bit unrealistic to think that we can handle all 19 and 40 something days.
0:47.8	What's the timeline for the Georgia Rico case?
0:50.2	Stay with us.
0:51.2	We'll give you the news you need to start your day.
0:59.0	The annual United Nations General Assembly in New York is about to begin.
1:03.1	Yeah, world leaders gather in New York City.
1:05.4	It's like a giant cocktail party where everybody is the head of a country.
1:09.7	Some will take the occasion to make statements on world events.
1:12.5	The US ambassador to the United Nations is making her statement a few days in advance.
1:18.4	Linda Thomas Greenfield is thousands of miles away from New York.
1:21.8	She traveled to the border of Sudan to call attention to the roughly one million people
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