Tim Walz At The DNC, The Harris Agenda, Gen Z Survey

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🗓️ 22 August 2024

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Vice Presidential candidate Tim Walz introduced himself to the American public with a keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention. Vice President Harris will carry on portions of President Biden's agenda but there are some key differences she will campaign on, and a new survey finds Gen Z'ers feeling optimistic about the future but unprepared and disengaged at school.

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0:00.0	Former coach Tim Walles gave the Democratic Convention a Pep Talk.
0:06.0	We got 76 days. That's nothing. There'll be time to sleep when you're dead.
0:12.0	We're going to leave it on the field.
0:14.0	How did he introduce himself?
0:16.0	I'm Stephen Skeep with Leela Fable, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:20.0	In a brief campaign, Vice President Harris brought her party new energy and money and a clear lead in polling averages.
0:29.0	Tonight, she addresses the convention and the country, so how does she describe what she would do if elected?
0:36.0	And a new survey of Gen Z finds that lots of teens don't feel challenged
0:40.6	and don't think they're being prepared for the future, the big gap in optimism between kids
0:45.0	planning to go to college and those who are not.
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1:20.6	into a theocracy, a government under biblical rule. If they gain more power, it could mean fewer rights for you.
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