Trump to Skip GOP Debate

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🗓️ 21 August 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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President Donald Trump says he won’t attend the first GOP primary debate, scheduled the same week he’s expected to surrender to a county jail on racketeering charges. Tropical Storm Hilary makes landfall. And what to know as the US faces a triple threat in respiratory viruses this fall. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's Monday, August 21st.
0:02.7	When your to-do list for the week includes both the first GOP primary debate and surrendering
0:07.6	to Accounting Jail, we start here.
0:12.7	Former President Donald Trump sets the stage to not be on stage with his Republican
0:16.6	challengers.
0:17.6	Instead Trump sits down with conservative firebrand Tucker Carlson.
0:26.0	Tropical storm Hillary makes landfall in Mexico before moving up the coast.
0:29.6	It's obviously very, very rare to get a tropical storm crossing Southern California.
0:33.7	We'll talk about how California became the latest state of emergency and tith the season
0:38.1	of respiratory viruses.
0:39.8	Babies who get this shot are going to be significantly less likely to be hospitalized with RSV.
0:45.8	Why there's actually more hope this year when it comes to potentially deadly viruses like
0:50.4	RSV?
0:53.2	From ABC News, this is Start Here, I'm Anne Flarrity.
1:00.6	Hey, Brad's off today.
1:01.6	I'll be walking you through the news.
1:04.7	It might not be one of the most consequential weeks in the history of the GOP, but it could
1:08.2	become one of the strangest.
1:10.4	Republicans are planning to take the debate stage on Wednesday in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to convince
1:14.7	voters that they are a better GOP primary pick than former President Donald Trump.
1:19.6	We will realize that I'm the guy that can get the job done.
1:22.4	We have to have a new conservative leader.
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