White House Debt Ceiling, Russia Victory Day, Teens & Social Media

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🗓️ 9 May 2023

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

President Joe Biden will meet with the top four Congressional leaders at the White House to discuss how to avoid a federal debt default. Russia's annual Victory Day celebration takes on new symbolism with Putin's invasion of Ukraine. And, the American Psychological Association is issuing recommendations for teenagers' use of social media after evidence of its harmful side effects.

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0:00.0	I stick contacts in my eyes.
0:01.5	You really?
0:02.2	Yeah.
0:03.1	That works okay.
0:03.9	And you don't have to, like,
0:04.6	just not paying the butt.
0:05.7	Oh, yeah.
0:06.4	It is.
0:07.4	And I sometimes just kind of miss the eye.
0:09.1	Um, I don't know if you know, um,
0:11.4	the movie airplane.
0:12.6	Yes, of course.
0:13.7	Where he says I have a drinking problem
0:15.6	and that he keeps missing his face with the drink.
0:18.4	That's me and the contact lens.
0:21.5	Surely you must know that I know the movie airplane.
0:23.9	Uh, I do.
0:25.0	I do know that.
0:25.8	Stop calling me Shirley.
0:27.2	President Biden said he would not negotiate
0:31.1	over paying the nation's debts.
0:32.4	But he is meeting today with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.
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