The News Roundup for January 13, 2023
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🗓️ 13 January 2023
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More than 1,200 people have been charged in Brazil for storming the government buildings in protests. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the audience at the Golden Globes this week that there would be "no World War III." Scientists have found that Earth's ozone layer is on track to be fully repaired within decades.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to the 1A podcast where we get to the heart of the story. |
| 0:11.3 | I'm Sarah McCammon, Invergen White, and it's time for the news roundup. |
| 0:15.9 | Let's get right into it with our guests. |
| 0:17.9 | Wendy Benjaminson is Deputy Managing Editor of US Government for Bloomberg News. |
| 0:22.5 | Wendy, welcome. |
| 0:24.0 | Thanks for having me. |
| 0:25.6 | Susan Page, Washington Bureau Chief for USA Today, and the author of Two Biographies, including |
| 0:30.6 | her latest Madam Speaker, Susan Good to have you with us again. |
| 0:33.6 | Hey, Sarah, great to be with you. |
| 0:36.0 | And Tolu OluRunipa is the White House Bureau Chief for the Washington Post, also co-author |
| 0:40.6 | of the book His Name is George Floyd. |
| 0:42.8 | Tolu always a pleasure. |
| 0:44.2 | It's great to be here. |
| 0:46.0 | Thank you. |
| 0:47.0 | So I want to start with the news that yesterday, Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed |
| 0:51.3 | a special counsel to investigate the discovery of classified documents at President Biden's |
| 0:55.8 | home and former office. |
| 0:58.4 | Earlier today, I signed an order appointing Robert Herr, a special counsel for the matter |
| 1:03.8 | I've just described. |
| 1:05.8 | The document authorizes him to investigate whether any person or entity violated the |
| 1:10.7 | law on connection with this matter. |
| 1:12.8 | The special counsel will not be subject to the day-to-day supervision of any official |
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