The News Roundup For April 19, 2024
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🗓️ 20 April 2024
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Summary
A Boeing whistleblower made headlines this week, telling the Senate that the aircraft manufacturer is "putting out defective airplanes."
Meanwhile, Israel, with the help of the U.S., more or less successfully defended itself from a missile and drone attack launched by Iran after the former killed Iranian officials in an attack on an embassy in Syria.
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues, The BBC has now confirmed that more than 50,000 Russian troops have died in the conflict.
We cover the week's biggest headlines.
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| 0:17.0 | Hey it's Todd. I'm your host for this edition of the news roundup. Just a quick |
| 0:21.6 | heads up before we start the show. The news is |
| 0:24.0 | rapidly changing and things might be different by the time you hear this |
| 0:27.4 | episode. So stay up to date with all the latest by listening to your local |
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| 0:35.0 | Thanks for listening. Enjoy the show. You're listening to the one a podcast. I'm Todd Zwillick and it's time for |
| 0:50.0 | the news roundup. This week a former president on trial. |
| 0:54.1 | This is a persecution like never before nobody's ever seen anything like it and again |
| 1:00.0 | it's a case that should have never been brought. It's an assault on America. |
| 1:06.0 | Also a congressional showdown over foreign aid. |
| 1:09.4 | It feels like the speaker just all his fireworks at once and we're watching the |
| 1:14.9 | fuses burn and we're looking at each other thinking things are about to get |
| 1:19.8 | hectic we'll find out together and tensions on college campuses. |
| 1:24.6 | Anti-Semitism has no place on our campus and I am personally committed to doing everything I can to confront it directly. |
| 1:32.8 | Here with me in the studio to talk about all of these stories and more. |
| 1:36.7 | Idris Kowloon, he's Washington Bureau Chief for the Economist. |
| 1:40.1 | Taylor Popolars is a national political reporter at Spectrum News, and Wendy Benjaminson is |
| 1:44.9 | Washington Senior Editor for Bloomberg News. |
| 1:47.8 | Thank you all for joining us today. |
| 1:49.6 | All right. |
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