Vice President Harris Interview, Unrest in France, Actors' Strike

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🗓️ 1 July 2023

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Vice President Harris tells NPR the Biden Administration will move forward with student loan forgiveness. Unrest continues in France after massive protests over a police killing of a teenager. Hollywood prepares for a looming actors' strike.

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0:00.0	A blow to abide in promise.
0:04.8	The Supreme Court rejects the president's plan for student loan forgiveness.
0:09.2	And the vice president tells us the quote, fight for the future we deserve.
0:12.9	I'm Miles Parks.
0:14.2	I'm Aisha Roscoe and this is up first from NPR News.
0:21.4	Also massive protests shaped France after police shot and killed a teenager.
0:26.2	Now president Macron is ordering 45,000 officers to mobilize.
0:30.8	And with Hollywood writers already on strike, actors are now on the brink as well.
0:35.7	We've been in it for weeks now with great hope that we'll be able to arrive at an equitable
0:42.8	agreement.
0:43.8	We're not going to settle.
0:47.0	Stay with us.
0:48.0	We've got the news you need to start your weekend.
0:57.2	It has been a bruising year for the Biden administration at the Supreme Court.
1:04.7	Last year at this time, the DOBS decision overturned Roe versus Wade.
1:09.4	This week the court strikes down affirmative action in the college admissions process,
1:13.8	turns back the administration on student debt relief and restricts LGBTQ rights.
1:20.2	Vice President Kamala Harris was in New Orleans this week and sat down with NPR's Michelle
1:24.8	Martin.
1:25.8	And just now to talk about that conversation.
1:27.8	Hey Michelle.
1:28.8	Hey good morning, Miles.
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